Congressional leaders were no closer on Wednesday to breaking the spending deadlock that has plunged the government into a shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats demanding that the other side relent.
Hours after each party blocked the other’s stopgap spending proposal in back-to-back Senate votes on Tuesday night hours before the shutdown deadline, Republican leaders forced another pair of votes on Wednesday morning with identical results.
The G.O.P. plan, which would extend funding through Nov. 21, failed again on a 55-45 vote, short of the 60 votes needed for passage.
The Democratic plan, which ties a short-term government funding bill to extending expiring health care subsidies and restoring Medicaid cuts enacted over the summer as part of President Trump’s marquee tax cut and domestic policy law, failed on a 47-53 vote.
The “Groundhog Day” nature of the votes reflected just how dug in both Republicans and Democrats are in the current funding dispute. No senators changed their votes from the night before.
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