Senate Blocks Short-Term Funding Bills as Shutdown Nears0

• NEWS, POLITICS, WORLD
• September 19, 2025

Competing Proposals Washington, D.C. — The Senate on Friday rejected both a Republican-backed stopgap funding bill and a Democratic alternative, intensifying the risk of a government shutdown as the fiscal deadline approaches. Both measures required 60 votes to advance but failed to clear the threshold. The Democratic plan was voted down 47–45, while the House-passed