The Senate on Wednesday advanced a measure that would allow Puerto Rico to restructure $72 billion in debt under a federally appointed control board that would also reform the government, despite objections from both Republicans and Democrats.
Sixty votes were needed to advance the bill, and the Senate voted in favor of doing so, 68-32.
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