Senate Rejects Funding Bills Again as Government Shutdown Enters Second Week

Senate again rejects funding bills as government shutdown enters second week

• The Senate again rejected dueling Republican and Democratic funding proposals to end the government shutdown.

• The dueling stopgap measures had already failed to pass in five previous votes.

• Democrats want any funding bill to include health-care protections, especially an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at year’s end.

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