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   Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 06:10:51 JST Laffy

   Oops, I spoke to soon. I'll take a break in a minute:

   #BREAKING:

   Senate leaders struck a deal on Friday to pave the way for passage of the House GOP’s 7-mo. stopgap spending bill & avoid a shutdown. 1/...

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 06:59:34 JST Laffy

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     3/ The 10 Dem YES’s:

     Catherine Cortez Masto
     Dick Durbin
     John Fetterman
     Kirsten Gillibrand
     Maggie Hassan
     Angus King (I)
     Gary Peters
     Chuck Schumer
     Brian Schatz
     Jeanne Shaheen

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 06:59:35 JST Laffy

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     2/ "Under the deal, Democrats agreed to speed up consideration of the bill to allow a vote on Friday in exchange for votes on four amendments — but not Democrats’ preferred four-week funding alternative. Without an accord, it would have taken days to get the stopgap bill through the Senate and a shutdown would have started just after midnight on Saturday" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/14/senate-moves-ahead-on-shutdown-votes-00231437

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