The Democratic senators who voted for the most recent high‑profile continuing resolution (CR) to end the late‑2025 shutdown were a small group who broke with the broader Democratic caucus and joined Republicans to advance the funding bill.

Who the Democrats were

Reports on the November 2025 Senate vote to advance the CR (the agreement that extended funding into January 2026) consistently list the same eight members of the Democratic caucus who sided with Republicans to move the bill forward.

Those were:

  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D–Nevada)
  • Dick Durbin (D–Illinois)
  • John Fetterman (D–Pennsylvania)
  • Tim Kaine (D–Virginia)
  • Maggie Hassan (D–New Hampshire)
  • Jeanne Shaheen (D–New Hampshire)
  • Jacky Rosen (D–Nevada)
  • Angus King (I–Maine, caucuses with Democrats)

Why this CR mattered

  • The CR they backed was designed to end a record‑length shutdown and keep the government funded into late January 2026 at roughly current spending levels.
  • In exchange, GOP leaders agreed to allow a future vote on extending Affordable Care Act premium tax credits , a key demand for many Democrats, though most in the caucus still opposed the deal as too weak.

Why some Democrats opposed it

  • Many Democrats argued that promising only a vote on ACA tax credits (with no guarantee it would pass a GOP‑led Senate) did not justify helping Republicans end the shutdown on their terms.
  • Progressive critics in particular framed the eight as undercutting caucus leverage, while the eight senators said the compromise was necessary to stop the growing harm from a prolonged shutdown to federal workers and public services.

TL;DR: The Democratic caucus members who voted for the CR were Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, Hassan, Shaheen, Rosen, and King (independent who caucuses with Democrats), backing a compromise to reopen the government in return for a later vote on ACA tax credits.

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