After 14th Failed Vote, Senate Seeks Stopgap to Reopen Government

Negotiations center on the length of a temporary funding measure alongside Democratic demands for extended health‑insurance tax credits.

Overview

Senators rejected a House-passed funding bill in a 54–44 procedural vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance it for the 14th time.
Talks have turned to a new continuing resolution that could restore operations through December or into mid-January, according to Semafor.
Republican conservatives favor extending funding to January 15, while Senator Susan Collins has pushed for December 19 as the cutoff.
Democrats are pressing to include extended tax credits for health insurance as a condition for any short-term deal.
Without a bill enacted and signed by President Trump by late Tuesday evening local time, the shutdown that began October 1 would become the longest on record.