The vote comes after House Democrats revealed an eleventh-hour deal with Republicans on Thursday morning, following days of the frantic negotiations in which both parties tried to keep Congress from missing the deadline.
Government funding will now run through February 18 — weeks later than Democrats had hoped.
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The chamber planned to vote late Thursday on an 11-week stopgap spending bill passed by the House earlier in the day to keep the federal government financed until February 18.
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Senators Roger Marshall of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah proposed an amendment to defund Biden's vaccination requirements for U.S. corporations, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer revealed the proposal for passage after reaching an agreement with conservatives to vote on it.
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Before the vote, Schumer remarked on the Senate floor, "I am delighted that cooler heads prevailed." "The government will continue to operate." And I want to express my gratitude to
Democrats have agreed to vote on the vaccination requirement amendment with a simple majority, rather than the usual 60 votes needed to enact amendments. The amendment is predicted to fail since numerous Republican senators are expected to miss the vote.
"This is not going away," Lee warned before the vote on his amendment, emphasizing that workers will lose jobs as a result of the corporate restrictions. "
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Because numerous GOP senators are absent, Marshall warned late Thursday night that the amendment vote "looks exceedingly tough" for conservatives to win.
The Senate's surprising burst of movement comes after the House enacted a stopgap spending bill Thursday afternoon to keep the government financed at current levels for more than two months, ending days of the gridlock that threatened a brief weekend closure.
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Senators from both parties privately doubted Schumer would allow Lee to get his amendment on his terms earlier in the day.
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