Gov­ern­ment shut­down to end - at least tem­porar­i­ly - as Dems take Mc­Connell at his word

UP­DATE: De­mo­c­ra­t­ic votes poured in at Mon­day’s US Sen­ate meet­ing in fa­vor of end­ing the gov­ern­ment shut­down by ad­vanc­ing a tem­po­rary spend­ing bill. The short-term bill will fund the gov­ern­ment through Feb­ru­ary 8, while Con­gress dukes it out over im­mi­gra­tion. Af­ter a morn­ing of in­tense back room dis­cus­sions, Sen­ate Ma­jor­i­ty Leader Mitch Mc­Connell promised Sen­a­tors that he would put a neu­tral im­mi­gra­tion bill on the floor in the com­ing weeks to sat­is­fy De­moc­rats con­cerns. The Sen­ate vot­ed 80-18. House vote pend­ing.

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