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The government shutdown is in its third week as the Senate failed again to advance a House-passed measure to fund the government.
Most of the government shutdowns since 1977 have ended within a week or less, congressional records show. This is the fourth government shutdown to occur under President Donald Trump, but the first of his second term. The longest shutdown in U.S. history happened in 2019, during Trump’s first term.
S.D., continues pushing House-passed continuing resolution while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demands Obamacare subsidy talks.
U.S. government during the shutdown, which is now in its 18th day. While Congress is out of session over the weekend, more than 2,500 "No Kings" protests have been organized across the U.S.
We are heading into another week of a government shutdown. Democrats and Republicans remain at odds over how to fund the government. The Senate failed a 10th time Thursday to try to pass a bill that has already passed the House.