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The Senate will vote at 11:30 a.m. ET today on the House-passed short-term government funding bill. It’s the Senate’s 14th attempt to pass the legislation, which would reopen the government and keep it funded until Nov
The measure is not expected to get the 60 votes it needs to advance, just like the 13 attempts before it. But the vote is happening as bipartisan talks among senators appear to be giving lawmakers new hope that something could break the impasse by the end of the week.
Given the length of time that lawmakers have been considering the current bill, Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate will have to draft a new stopgap measure because the current one expires in less than three weeks.
