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Article snippet: The Senate cleared a budget deal early Friday morning after Congress missed a deadline to prevent the second government shutdown in less than a month. Senators voted 71-28 to pass the agreement after Sen. MORE (R-Ky.) delayed the legislation past midnight, sparking an at least brief partial closure. The House is expected to vote on the measure later Friday morning. Passage is not assured, as Democrats are demanding a commitment from Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) for a vote on immigration. A number of conservative Republicans are also expected to oppose the bill. The latest notice from Rep. MORE (D-N.Y.), pleading with Paul from the Senate floor to speed up the vote. As Paul rejected please from Majority Leader MORE (Ky.) and other GOP senators that he end his protest, leadership appeared to dig in against his request for a vote on his amendment. "I don't think shutdowns work for anybody. The Schumer shutdown didn't work, and I don't think this is going to work either," Sen. MORE (Texas), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said after Paul rejected several of his requests to speed up the vote. Asked if they would cave to Paul's demands, he added "why reward bad behavior?" and noted that there were no ongoing negotiations between Paul and leadership staff. Instead, senators began to trickle back to the Capitol after midnight and eventually approved the deal after 1 a.m. In the House, leaders began the day sounding confident that they had the 218 votes need to send the bill to MOR... Link to the full article to read more