Third Senate Democrat backs GOP spending bill as clock ticks toward government shutdown

Published March 14, 2025 3:03pm ET



Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) became the third Senate Democrat to publicly support advancing the House-passed stopgap funding bill as a government shutdown looms.

The Senate will vote on cloture Friday for the spending bill to keep the government funded at current levels through the end of September, with $8 billion more in defense spending and $13 billion in non-defense spending cuts. The bill will need 60 votes to invoke cloture, with a succeeding vote on the legislation only needing a simple majority.

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