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For the eighth time, the Senate voted to reject the the House-passed stopgap funding bill amid the fifth-longest shutdown in U.S. history.
The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.
A recent Senate vote to end the government shutdown failed to get the 60 votes needed to pass. Ohio Senators Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno both voted in favor of the failed stopgap funding bill. The current shutdown began on October 1 and is a result of a deadlock over healthcare funding.
The Senate prepares for an eighth vote on reopening the government as the shutdown nears its third week, with Democrats demanding Obamacare subsidy extensions.
Babydog, Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s canine companion, had a packed birthday party in a Senate office building amid the government shutdown. The West Virginia politician celebrated his beloved English bulldog turning six-years-old on Wednesday, drawing a long line of fans in the Hart Senate Office Building.
The government shutdown will last at least until at least next week, as the Senate adjourned until Tuesday after another round of failed votes to reopen the government.
Get the latest Trump administration news as the government shutdown continues. House Speaker Mike Johnson said this could become the longest shutdown in U.S. history.