The Senate is expected to begin voting Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.

Rosen said she was striking down the bill because it provides President Donald Trump and political ally Elon Musk “unprecedented power” for withholding funding.

An afternoon vote was expected to clear the way for a Republican-written bill to keep government funding flowing past midnight after the top Senate Democrat said he would not block it.