The U.S. Senate is expected to hold its sixth vote on two competing bills to fund the federal government on Tuesday, coming as the government shutdown reaches the one-week mark.
On Monday, after they returned to Capitol Hill following a weekend break, the Senate again rejected two proposals to fund the government. Votes on the two proposals fell along party lines.
The upper chamber voted down the Democrats’ government funding bill, which would alter health care provisions changed by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, in a 45–50 vote. Republicans’ proposed short-term extension of funding—at the existing level before the shutdown—also failed again in a 52–42 vote….
Senate to Hold 6th Vote on Government Funding as Shutdown Hits 1 Week Mark
