The government shutdown will continue after Senate Republicans and Democrats failed on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led short term funding bill.

The 51-44 vote once again fell short of the 60-vote threshold required to advance the measure, which Republicans have proposed to maintain current spending levels.

There have now been nine votes in the Senate on continued short-term funding.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson warned this week that the current shutdown could become the longest in U.S. history. The record 35 days was set between late 2018 and early 2019.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said Democrats could end up feeling more of the pain from the ongoing shutdown.

"We're going to be cutting ve

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