The partial government shutdown will continue after the Senate failed to pass two separate bills aimed at reopening the government. Both bills failed to get the 60 vote majority required to pass.
The Republican proposal, which would have included $5.7 billion to fund the construction of a border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border in exchange for a temporary extension for DACA recipients, failed by a vote of 50-47. The Democrats offered a bill that would have temporarily opened the shuttered government agencies while lawmakers worked on a longterm solution did slightly better with Senators voting 52-44 in favor of it.
With both sides locked in a stalemate over a funding deal to reopen the government, Senators had hoped to use the failure of both bills to force Trump and Congressional leaders to restart negotiations to end the longest government shutdown in history.
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