Senator Masto, Fetterman, and Angus King voted with the republican stopgap spending bill.

[lostincalifornia]

Two Democratic senators and one independent have broken rank and voted in favor of a GOP-led continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown in just a few short hours.

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Sen. Angus King of Maine, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, have all voted for the Republican stopgap spending bill. Senate Republicans would need four more Democrats to join them to avoid a shutdown, with GOP Sen. Rand Paul voting against the continuing resolution. The vote is not yet closed.

“We need a bipartisan solution to address this impending health care crisis, but we should not be swapping the pain of one group of Americans for another,” Cortez Masto said in a statement confirming her support for the GOP plan. “I remain focused on protecting health care for working families, and I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to tackle this problem.”

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/30/congress/cortez-masto-fetterman-and-king-vote-for-gop-funding-plan-00589113

According to Bloomberg TV retiring Senators of jean shenen and Gary Peters expressed openness to extension of a budget continuing resolution.

After everything the country has been through under trump's first and continuing second term, and the blind allegiance of the congressional rethugs to trump's dictatorial desires over the Constitution, and the well-being of Americans, that these Democrats still believe you can negotiate with the pathological liar and sociopath in the White House is beyond me.