Because apparently some people don't understand how the government, works, you need 60 votes in the senate to pass a spending bill. Republicans have 51 seats, democrats have 49. It is IMPOSSIBLE to pass a spending bill without at least 60 votes. The troll tier "hurr durr well republicans control the senate lol" excuse is just uninformed garbabe. People saying this either don't know what they're talking about or they are being intentionally dishonest. The fact of the matter is a bill came up for a vote to keep the government open and democrats didn't support it. Republicans didn't put something in the bill to piss off dems, it didn't have anything in it they actually oppose. They pulled this stunt because they wanted DACA slipped in with no immigration concessions whatsoever from republicans. They literally, not figuratively, put amnesty for illegal immigrants ahead of children's health insurance and soldiers getting paid on time, among other things. DACA wasn't going to be ended until march, there was no reason DACA had to be injected into funding the government. None. This was democrat's and their desperate attempt to get leverage because they have a minority in both houses and don't have the white house.