Senators voted in favor of a temporary spending plan on Tuesday, which would have kept the federal government running. Republican Susan Collins and Independent Angus King voted for the GOP-backed plan – also known as a “continuing resolution – which would have kept the government functioning for seven weeks. Senator King notably broke with Democrats, whom he typically sides with, to back the spending plan. King called his action a “vote of conscience” to oppose the Trump administration’s threat to permanently fire federal employees if the shutdown takes place. “The irony – the paradox is – by shutting the government, we’re actually giving Donald Trump more power,” said King.