Here Are the Democrats Who Voted to Avert a Shutdown

Inadramaticbreakwithmuchoftheirparty,tenSenateDemocratsvotedalongsideRepublicansonFridaytopassasix-monthfundingbill,avertingagovernmentshutdownwithjusthourstospare.Themovedefiedamajorityofthechamber’sDemocratswhoopposedthemeasure,underscoringdeepdivisionsoverhowtoconfrontPresidentDonaldTrumpandtheRepublican-controlledCongress. Aheadofthevote,SenateMinorityLeaderChuckSchumerofNewYork,Sen.JohnFettermanofPennsylvania,andSen.CatherineCortezMastoofNevadawereamongthefirstDemocratstopubliclybacktheRepublicanfundingbill,arguingthatashutdownwouldonlystrengthenTrump’shand.TheywerejoinedbysixmoreDemocrats—DickDurbinofIllinois,BrianSchatzofHawaii,GaryPetersofMichigan,MaggieHassanofNewHampshire,KirstenGillibrandofNewYork,andJeanneShaheenofNewHampshire—aswellasAngusKing,aMaineindependentwhocaucuseswithDemocrats. “Thiswasnotaneasydecision,”CortezMasto,whorepresentsastatethatTrumpcarriedlastyear,saidinastatement.“I’moutragedbytherec