A bill crafted after President Trump’s proposal to fund the border wall in exchange for temporary protections for Dreamers and disaster refugees failed in the Senate Thursday, falling far short of the 60 votes it needed to pass. The final vote was 51-47.
Senators are now voting on a second Democratic proposal to open shuttered agencies for a few weeks, without funding for the president’s border wall.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of Colorado was the only Democrat to vote for the president’s proposal, while Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Tom Cotton of Arkansas voted against it. The president’s proposal would give $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall in exchange for temporary protections for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients.
Neither bill has been expected to pass. Each measure needs 60 votes to pass.
It’s unclear what Mr. Trump, who says he won’t give a State of the Union address until the shutdown ends, will do next. The president has been insisting on funding his border wall before opening up government.
Roughly 800,000 federal workers are going unpaid during the longest shutdown on record.
