The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on ...

The Senate action came just hours after the House sent them the short-term funding bill. The Senate voted to block that Republican short-term funding bill, failing by a vote of 44-48. Republican Sens.

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A GOP House-passed funding bill failed in the Senate, 44-48, leaving no clear path to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown as both ...

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A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.

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The House of Representatives passed a short-term continuing resolution that would keep the government funded through Nov. 21. But the Senate rejected the legislation in a 44-48 vote just hours later.

Democrats in the Senate rejected a House GOP proposal to keep funds flowing through Nov. 21, while Republicans scuttled a ...

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The government appeared to inch closer to a shutdown on Friday after a short-term spending bill cleared by the House was blocked in the Senate amid a broader fight over expiring health care subsidies.