The U.S. Government Shutdown Continues as Senate Rejects Short-Term Funding Bill for the Tenth Time

BlockBeats News, October 17th. On October 16th local time, the U.S. Senate once again failed to advance the Republican stopgap funding bill with a vote of 51 to 45. It is reported that the Republicans needed 60 votes to advance the bill, which would fund the government until the end of November. This marks the 10th consecutive vote in the Senate over the past two weeks following the U.S. government shutdown that has rejected the stopgap funding bill. (Golden Ten)