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Senate vote fails for 14th time, ensuring longest government shutdown in history: Recap
The ongoing government shutdown will become the longest in United States history, even as millions of Americans feel the increasingly painful consequences of the crisis on their daily lives.

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Government shutdown becomes longest in U.S. history after failed Senate vote
Government shutdown set to become longest ever after latest Senate vote fails
Trump's Strength, Democrats' Message and the Shutdown Effect. What to Watch on Election Day 2025
Tuesday marks the nation’s first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, and his leadership and policies dominated the debate in almost every race — even though th...

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US government shutdown ties record, as congressional inaction takes toll
Government Shutdown Could Become Longest Ever As Trump Says He 'Won't Be Extorted' By Democrats
For first time in long US government shutdown, hints of progress toward reopening
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins of Maine told reporters that progress was made with Democrats offering specific language to break the impasse and staffs from both parties laboring...

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Government shutdown tied for longest ever. When will it end? When is next Senate vote?
Trump calls on Democrats to end shutdown

Senate Republicans plot longer-term funding bill as government shutdown continues

S.D., and Senate Republicans consider extending government funding deadline into January as House-passed Nov. 21 date becomes unrealistic.

Thune says extended shutdown means Senate needs to shift date on funding government

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.

US Senate efforts to reopen government show frustration as deal proves elusive

Bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate to reopen the federal government as early as this week gave way to fresh signs of frustration on Tuesday, even as Republicans and Democrats aired details of a possible path out of the five-week-old impasse.
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