The Senate met again on Wednesday to try and come to a consensus to get the federal government funded, but with no luck so far.

Senator James Lankford joined News On 6 just after walking off the Senate floor.

So the Republican-backed funding bill failed 54-45. The Democrat-backed bill failed 47-52. You guys need 60 votes. So what's the holdup? What's it going to take to get something passed?

Yeah, we're trying to find that breakthrough moment. A shutdown is kind of like a war. It's easy to start. It's really hard to stop once you're actually in it. That's why for the last four years, we got to September, didn't have everything resolved, and so we did what's called a clean resolution. That just kept the government open at the current levels until we got everything worked out. It's what w

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