Eleven Senate Republicans broke ranks to vote with all Democrats to overcome a filibuster so that the debt ceiling deal announced earlier in the day could move forward.
Their votes allowed the Senate to clear the procedural hurdle and move toward increasing the debt ceiling.
Here are the Republicans who voted with the Democrats:Both parties have made clear that the country must not default and that even coming close to it would likely bring catastrophic economic consequences.Read MoreYet while the deal announced Thursday stands to avert immediate economic disaster, it does not resolve the underlying partisan stalemate over the issue. It merely delays the fight until another day.CNN's Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav contributed to this report.
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