Trump says Democrats 'are needed' to avert government shutdown with just hours until deadline

President Trump warned early Friday there could be a “shutdown coming” if Senate Democrats block the vote to pass the short-term spending bill that would keep the government funded. 

The House of Representatives passed the stop-gap spending bill that would avert a full government shutdown late Thursday. The bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), was sent to the Senate for a vote following its approval. 

“Government Funding Bill past [sic] last night in the House of Representatives. Now Democrats are needed if it is to pass in the Senate –but they want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shutdown coming? We need more Republican victories in 2018!” Trump tweeted early Friday.
The large majority of Democrats oppose the bill, but Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV, has said he will cross the aisle and vote yes.
However, a senior senate source told Fox News to "expect a shutdown over the weekend," perhaps lasting two to three days.
At least three Republican senators have said they will vote against the bill – Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Rand Paul, R-Ky. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is not in Washington for the vote.
“I’m not going to vote for a CR. You’re destroying the military here,” Graham said.
“If we say we’re fiscally conservative, we ought to be fiscally conservative, so I’m not voting for raising the spending caps and I’m not voting for $700 billion deficits,” Paul said on Fox News Thursday.
This means a maximum of 47 Republicans and 1 Democrat are set to vote “yes” to keep the government running. A simple majority is needed to pass the bill.
Republicans have a narrow majority in the Senate – 51 versus the 49 senators who caucus with the Democrats. But without full Republican support, the funding of the government through 11:59:59 p.m. Friday is unclear.
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Democrats will filibuster the bill, a move that could delay or even prevent entirely, a vote to keep the government running.
Republican leadership needs 60 “yea” votes to break a filibuster – meaning they need the help of at least 13 Democratic senators, which, at this point, seems unlikely.
If Republicans manage to garner the votes to break that filibuster, another 30 hours of debate are available for opponents of the bill, which means a vote in the Senate to keep the government open may not happen until Sunday.
Unless there is bipartisan support and cooperation, the government will shut down.
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“Democrats have no place to hide here,” a source close to Republican leadership told Fox News.