The Senate rejected a GOP-led funding bill for the ninth time Wednesday, all but guaranteeing the shutdown will stretch into next week, at least.
Senators voted 51-44 on the stopgap, which would fund the government through Nov. 21. Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada — alongside independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats — each voted to advance the GOP bill, just as they have done previously
The Senate is expected to vote again Thursday on the House-passed stopgap spending bill without any reasonable expectation there will be a different outcome.
“This shutdown is going to last a while. I think it’s going to be the longest shutdown in the history of ever,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted Wednesday.
