Senate Rejects Funding Plan 12th Time as Shutdown Stretches Into 2nd Longest in History

Nearly all Republicans support the measure, and all but a handful of Democrats oppose it.

The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown in Washington on Oct. 20, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats showed no signs of agreement as a government shutdown reached 22 days, making it the second-longest in history.

A Republican-backed stopgap funding measure on Oct. 22 again failed to gain the 60 votes needed to end debate in the Senate and bring the matter to an up-or-down vote.