WASHINGTON—A bill to pay U.S. troops and active federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown failed to garner the support it needed to advance in an Oct. 23 vote.
The Republican-led legislation, titled the “Shutdown Fairness Act,” failed on a cloture vote of 54–45, coming short of the 60 votes needed to advance.
The vote comes as the current lapse in federal funding, which began on Oct. 1, has now stretched into the second-longest shutdown in U.S. history. There have been 12 votes to temporarily fund and reopen the government so far this shutdown, but they, too, have failed to overcome the 60-vote threshold….