The Republican-held Senate voted 54-44 on the House-approved "clean" continuing resolution, which would fund the government ...

On Oct. 1, the U.S. Senate failed to pass a new short-term funding bill before government funds ran out, marking the first government shutdown in nearly seven years. At midday on Tuesday, the U.S.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United States is edging closer to a partial government shutdown after the Senate on Friday rejected a short-term funding measure passed earlier in the day by the ...