Senate, The shutdown
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The Senate on Tuesday will take up another vote on a stopgap funding bill that could reopen the government after the lapse stretched into its fifth week. Lawmakers in the upper chamber have already failed 13 times to reach the 60-vote threshold needed to advance the legislation,
The government remains shut down today, Oct. 23, with the Senate failing to reach the 60 votes needed to pass the Shutdown Fairness Act, a GOP bill that would pay federal workers, military members and contractors who continue to work during the government ...
The government shutdown has reached Day 31, and by Monday it'll tie the longest funding lapse in history. Will Senate vote today? Here's the latest.