Washington, Feb. 13 -- A partial US government shutdown is looking more likely than ever, and poised to begin at midnight after the Senate failed to advance legislation over the funding of for the Department of Homeland Security, deepening an already intense standoff between GOP and Democrat lawmakers over the country's current immigration enforcement reforms.
In a 52-47 procedural vote, all but one Democrat Senator, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, opposed forwarding the bill, which would have greenlit the additional funding for DHS through September. Needing over 60 votes to advance, Senate Majority leader John Thune reportedly voted against the measure in a procedural move, enabling him to bring it up again later, reports CBS News.
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