Senate Rejects Funding Plan 12th Time as Shutdown Stretches Into 2nd Longest in History

Senate Rejects Funding Plan 12th Time as Shutdown Stretches Into 2nd Longest in History

The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats showed no signs of agreement as a government shutdown reached 22 days, making it the second-longest in history.

A Republican-backed stopgap funding measure on Oct. 22 again failed to gain the 60 votes needed to end debate in the Senate and bring the matter to an up-or-down vote.

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