| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Senate rejects funding bill, hours before shutdown deadline | Senators have voted to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until Feb. 16, bringing Washington to the brink of a government shutdown that is set to begin at midnight.
Democrats voted against the bill as part of a risky strategy to force Republicans to negotiate with them on a legislative fix for Dreamers, illegal immigrants who came to the country at a young age and now face the prospect of deportation.
The vote remained open late Friday, though it did not have the 60 votes needed to pass. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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