The federal government remains shut down as the Senate again rejected a stop-gap funding measure on Oct. 20.
The 50–43 vote was the 11th time a Republican-backed continuing resolution to extend current funding through Nov. 21 fell short of the 60 votes needed to end debate in the Senate and bring the matter to an up-or-down vote.
The 20-day shutdown is now the third-longest in history, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay and others, including TSA and border patrol officers, working without pay.
The shutdown costs the federal government about $400 million per day, according to a Congressional Budget Office estimate.
Republicans have blamed Democrats for the shutdown, calling it a political stunt….