Sen. Fetterman casts key vote in shutdown deal that other Democrats call 'capitulating'

WASHINGTON — Nearly six weeks into being one of the only Democrats to side with Republicans to end the government shutdown, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman saw seven of his colleagues move to his side on Sunday night in a vote that still deeply divided his party but that put the end of the shutdown closer than ever.

Pennsylvania’s senior senator — alongside Republican U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick — were among the lawmakers who voted to advance a deal struck by the Republicans and a group of moderate Democrats during a round of rare weekend negotiations.

The deal does not include a guaranteed extension of the health care subsidies that ignited the shutdown, inviting fierce resistance from Senate Democratic leadership and some of Pennsylvania’s U.S. House delegation.

“Capitulating is unacceptable,”