The Senate voted 78-22 on the continuing resolution, which will fund the government and authorizes Title X until December 11.
Many Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the continuing resolution, making this a rare bipartisan showing in the Senate.
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"I want to thank leaders in Congress for the speed and seriousness" with which they acted on his plan, the president said.
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“It’s a long overdue support for the brave Syrians who are fighting on the front lines against the terrorist enemy,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said.
“There is no guarantee of success. ... There is none but there is a guarantee of failure if we do not even try and try we must,” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said of arming and training Syrian fighters against ISIS. “Despite my concerns about the underlying bill…I will support this resolution because I think it’s in the best interest of our national security.”
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Rand Paul and Mike Lee voted no.
Roll call: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LI...n=2&vote=00270