Senate Rejects Funding Plan a 9th Time as Shutdown Enters Third Week

Democrats and Republicans remain entrenched in their positions, each portraying the other as responsible for the lapse in federal funding that began on Oct. 1.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by other House Republicans, speaks during the 15th day of the government shutdown at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 15, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

The Senate again failed to pass a continuing resolution that would temporarily fund the government as a shutdown of the federal bureaucracy enters a third week.

The 51–44 vote on Oct. 15 marked the ninth time the Senate defeated a resolution to end debate and bring the Republican-sponsored measure to the floor.