WASHINGTON—The lapse in federal funding has hit another milestone: At 35 days as of Nov 4, it is now tied for the longest in U.S. history.
The sheer duration of the lapse is also forcing a change to a Republican-backed continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government. Its scheduled end date, Nov. 21, is now less than three weeks away, leaving lawmakers little time for the negotiations over long-range funding it was meant to enable.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.). told reporters on Nov. 3 that he and his colleagues will have to draft a new, longer CR.
Republican senators had differing estimates of how long the new patch might last and whether it was even necessary….