Lawmakers in the Senate cut a deal Sunday evening to end a federal government shutdown, but the path ahead remained unclear given the lack of involvement of either the White House or Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.
Sunday evening’s 60-40 vote cleared the chamber’s filibuster threshold and puts the resolution on schedule for a vote Monday or early in the week. Democrats could still gum up the process, but many took Sunday’s development as a sign that the caucus’s moderates had firmly decided on a course.
