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The Senate failed for a 13th time to advance a GOP funding bill that would end the government shutdown, now on Day 28. Follow live updates here.
The Senate on Tuesday failed to reopen the federal government for the 13th time, as the shutdown hit the four-week mark. It failed in a 54-45 vote. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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President Donald Trump is in Asia this week, while back in Washington the partial government shutdown shows no sign of ending. The Senate this week is expected to take up three joint resolutions that would terminate emergency declarations by the president that have been used to impose tariffs.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday voted for the 13th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the federal government, despite a plea this week by the nation’s largest federal workers union to