Senate Set to Advance Bill to Avert Shutdown

The Senate is voting to advance a Republican-written stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown at midnight, with enough Democrats joining Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader, in voting with Republicans to push it past any filibuster by his own party.Republicans needed eight Democrats to join them in voting to allow the bill to advance.If the Senate fails to pass the funding extension in a vote later in the day, federal funding will lapse at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.Mr. Schumer’s abrupt decision on Thursday to reverse himself and allow the spending legislation to advance stunned many...