Cortez Masto Splits from Party on Shutdown, Taking Moderate Path

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, one of the few Democrats to side with Republicans’ plan on not shutting down the government this week, is increasingly breaking with the majority of her party on high-profile votes.

Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) was one of three members of the Senate Democratic caucus who broke with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in votes on Tuesday and Wednesday to support the Republican stopgap bill (H.R. 5371). Her split on the shutdown vote — as well as her other moves this year — speaks to the broader divisions among Democrats about the strategy of how to ...