Being number two in the U.S. Senate Democratic Party Leadership, it is not surprise that Illinois’ Dick Durbin voted to deny a filibuster prior to the vote on continuing to fund the Federal government for another six months.
People in Leadership of any party have to take unpopular votes.
Durbin was joined by Ahead of the final vote, 10 Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to overcome the legislative filibuster. Those senators were Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Gary Peters, D-Mich., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.
