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Senate Rejects Funding Plan for 8th Time

Mass firings of federal works are already underway as the shutdown hits its two-week mark.
Senate Rejects Funding Plan for 8th Time
The U.S. Capitol building during the government shutdown at sunset in Washington on Oct. 14, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
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Lawrence Wilson
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WASHINGTON—Fourteen days after the federal government shut down when its funding lapsed, the Senate for the eighth time defeated a continuing resolution to temporarily extend current funding and end the shutdown.

Republican-sponsored H.R. 5371 failed 49–45 on the evening of Oct. 14. Virtually all Republicans and a small number of Democrats supported the measure.

Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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