U.S. Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-SD) holds a replica of the Persevering with Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks subsequent to Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) throughout a press convention on the third day of a partial shutdown of the federal authorities on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. October 3, 2025.
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The continuing U.S. authorities shutdown is about to turn out to be the nation’s longest federal funding lapse ever.
The shutdown is poised to hit that milestone on Wednesday, marking its thirty sixth day and surpassing the earlier document, which was set in early 2019.
The newest try to interrupt the logjam, by getting a Republican-backed stopgap measure handed by Congress, failed within the Senate for the 14th time on Tuesday.
There are no additional votes scheduled Tuesday on the GOP’s short-term persevering with decision, or on an alternate proposal put ahead by Democrats, which incorporates further spending on well being care and different priorities.
Each of the longest authorities shutdowns in U.S. historical past occurred whereas President Donald Trump was in workplace.
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