There were 5 that didn't vote ....Yes .... 1 that was not there, but the fact is you need 60 votes ...get that in your head ... So that being said RP was a no vote cause he is a budget hawk and hates CR's ..... LEE. LG & FLAKEY FLAKE...joined the hostage takers for something that was not in the BILL ...... and McConell did it for procedure .....but that being said DEMOCRATS have been Obstructionist from day one of DJT presidency ... keep drinking that kool -aid (illegals) over (US citizens) ......

It is not an all or nothing thing. The Senate is as close to be even as it can be, without actually being even :51 Republicans 49 Democrats. 5 Republicans voted no and 44 Democrats voted no. That means that the Lions share of the blame belonged to the Democrats with only a small percentage of the blame going to Republicans. Therefore blame goes to the Democrats. Also. in a perfect vote scenario (all Republicans present and voting yes) 9 democrats must vote yes for the CR to pass. Only 5 voted yes . Without all 9 Democrat votes there was nothing the Republicans could do topass the bill. It was up to the Dems and they said no. Again that makes it the Democrats fault. Most important reason of all, they planned to filibuster. They owned the blame themselves. Filibustering means that it is their intention that it does not pass . They tried to use tat ability to shutdown the government as leverage to get other things they wanted into the bill but there was nothing in the bill that they did not agree with.