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How much longer is the government shutdown 2025 expected to last? Today's 14th Senate vote failed again, live updates and new odds on when it will end
The latest attempt to end the shutdown, by passing a Republican-backed stopgap resolution through Congress, failed in the Senate for the 14th time.
If the Senate had approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill on or before the beginning of the shutdown, it would have extended the funding deadline for seven weeks -- until Nov. 21 -- buying congressional appropriators nearly two months to continue their work on full-year funding bills before another funding deadline.
S.D., and Senate Republicans consider extending government funding deadline into January as House-passed Nov. 21 date becomes unrealistic.
Another attempt to pass a bill to teporarily fund government functions is on tbhe floor in the Senate on Tuesday. This will be the 14th such bill in the last month.
With the government shutdown now tied for the longest in history at 35 days, the Senate again failed to pass a measure aimed at reopening the government by a vote of 54-44. At least 60 votes were needed to pass the continuing resolution.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who told reporters on Monday that there won't be changes to the Senate rule any time soon.