Senate again rejects funding bills as government shutdown enters second week
Source: CNBC
Published Wed, Oct 8 2025 11:35 AM EDT Updated An Hour Ago
The Senate on Wednesday again rejected dueling Republican and Democratic funding proposals to end the government shutdown, which stretched into its eighth day with no hint of progress toward a resolution.
In a 54-45 vote, the Senate did not advance a GOP-led stopgap bill that would have funded the government through late November. An alternative funding bill backed by Democrats also failed in a 47-52 vote around 12:50 p.m. ET.
The same three senators from the Democratic caucus who have voted with Republicans on previous votes — John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, as well as Angus King of Maine, one of two independents in the caucus — did so again on Wednesday. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., again voted with Democrats to oppose the GOP measure. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, did not vote.
The competing stopgaps had already failed to pass in five previous votes.
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