The United States Senate took action on Sunday, 9 November, to push forward a temporary funding bill, indicating a resolution to the impasse following a prolonged 40-day government shutdown. But the deal triggered a deep rupture within the Democratic caucus led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Eight members of the Senate Democratic group voted with Republicans to get past the procedural hurdle, even though Democrats had been demanding for a long time that any budget measure include an extension of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for about 24 million Americans.
