La aprobación de la Resolución Continua (RC, por sus siglas en inglés), previamente aprobada en la Cámara de Representantes, fracasó por 54 votos a favor y 45 en contra, a solo seis votos del umbral requerido de 60.
Read More La votación del Senado para poner fin al cierre del gobierno fracasa por sexta vez mientras el cierre entra en su segunda semana
The U.S. Senate failed for the sixth time to pass a stopgap bill to end the government shutdown on Wednesday, which has now entered its second week.
Read More Senate Vote to end govt shutdown fails for 6th time as shutdown enters second week
The government shutdown continues on its fifth day, with little progress made as Democrats continue to hold out in an attempt to repeal the Trump administration’s prior spending cuts and restore Obamacare subsidies.
Read More Senate remains gridlocked as shutdown enters new week
Both GOP and Democrat-backed stopgap funding bills have failed to pass in the Senate, resulting in a prolonged government shutdown.
Read More Both plans to end govt shutdown fail in Senate
The Trump administration announced that it is freezing $2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects to ensure the “funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” amidst the government shutdown.
Read More Trump admin freezes $2.1B in Chicago transportation infrastructure funding to investigate ‘race-based contracting’ amid government shutdown
United States Representative Maxine Waters admitted that her party shut down the government to attain “health care for everybody,” which includes illegal immigrants.
Read More Rep. Maxine Waters: Dems caused shutdown over ‘health care for everybody’ — including illegal immigrants