Reference News Network, October 16 report: According to Sputnik News, the voting results broadcast by the U.S. government satellite cable TV station show that the U.S. Senate has once again rejected the funding bill to end the government shutdown.
The broadcast footage showed that the Republican proposal did not receive the necessary 60 votes, thus failing the ninth attempt to resume the operation of the U.S. government.
The report said that Senator John Thune, the Republican leader in the Senate, stated earlier this month that the required five Democratic votes to end the U.S. government shutdown were still not obtained.
The U.S. federal government's fiscal year 2026 began on October 1, but Congress failed to reach a budget agreement, leading to the government's inability to operate normally.
The report said that the last large-scale government shutdown in the United States occurred at the end of 2018 to early 2019 during President Trump's first term, lasting 35 days, which was the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. At that time, the two parties in Congress were deadlocked over issues such as building the "border wall" between the U.S. and Mexico.
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