Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada were among the first Democrats to publicly back the Republican funding bill, arguing that a shutdown would only strengthen Trump’s hand. They were joined by six more Democrats—Dick Durbin of Illinois,

The Senate voted this afternoon to pass a Republican-written spending bill and avert a government shutdown. In a crucial earlier vote, Senator Chuck Schumer and eight other Democrats broke with their party and voted to advance the measure. The vote inflamed an intraparty feud about how to effectively resist President Trump.