Washington hurtled towards the first US government shutdown in nearly seven years as lawmakers failed to break a stalemate in crunch funding talks.
Senators failed to reach an agreement after votes late on Tuesday, setting the stage for the federal government to shut down at 12.01am on Wednesday — the first government shutdown since late 2018.
Neither the Republicans’ continuing resolution — a short-term agreement to keep the government funded at current levels — nor a Democrat-drafted counterproposal gained the backing of the 60 senators required to keep the government open.
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