WASHINGTON, DC — The Senate has rejected a Republican backed spending measure that would have ended the government shutdown.
It’s the eighth time lawmakers have turned away the bill that has already been approved by the House. It comes after President Trump said earlier in the day that he’s in the process of closing programs popular with Democrats and will release a list of those programs on Friday. Democrats have remained focused on health care issues and want Obamacare subsidies to be extended.
This shutdown is now the fifth longest in U.S. history.
