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Government shutdown updates: Senate votes on government funding in limbo

The bipartisan group of rank-and-file senators who have been negotiating a way out of the shutdown are mulling over a number of modifications to the bill. Lawmakers are expected to attempt to change the date that the short-term extension of government funding expires to a yet-to-be-determined later day.

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Government shutdown drags on as Senate GOP eyes key Friday vote

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Will the Senate vote today on government shutdown? They plan to. See shutdown updates

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Government shutdown impasse stretches on as Senate Republicans reject Democrats' health care offer

Senate Democrats offered on Friday to end the government shutdown in exchange for a one-year extension of health care tax credits and a plan to continue broader talks, a proposal that was swiftly reje...

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Senators to work through the weekend on shutdown as Republicans and Democrats are still far apart

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Government shutdown drags on as senators fail to find path out

Senate Republicans decline Democratic offer to reopen the government as shutdown enters 38th day

Senate Republicans reject Democrat offer to extend health care subsidies for a year in order to reopen the government, as a bipartisan impasse over the longest government shutdown in US history continues and nears the 40-day mark.

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Live updates: Senate’s next shutdown move in limbo; Trump, Orbán float Budapest summit with Putin

As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)

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Senate Democrats block GOP-led bill to pay federal workers as shutdown stalemate deepens

The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the federal government without major concessions for their party.

How did the last shutdown end? As Trump breaks his own record, what did he say last time?

President Trump has been in office during the two longest shutdowns in American history. How did the 2019 government shutdown end and what caused it?