New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- The Senate on Tuesday (November 4) voted for the 14th time to reject the House-passed short-term government funding bill, guaranteeing that the ongoing shutdown will enter record-breaking territory. The measure, which needed 60 votes to advance, failed 54-44, extending a spending impasse that has already paralyzed federal operations.

Three senators - Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), and Angus King (I-Maine) - broke ranks to support taking up the measure, while Rand Paul (R-Ky.) opposed it. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) missed the vote.

Senate Democrats once again voted down the Republican-backed bill, insisting that President Donald Trump must negotiate over expiring health ca...