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Government funding vote fails again as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown
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Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown are fading Friday as Republicans and Democrats dig in for a prolonged fight and President Donald Trump readies plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government.
On the third day of the shutdown, a Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would reopen the government fell well short of the 60 needed to end a filibuster and pass the legislation. Senators were expected to depart for the weekend, and there has been few signs of any real progress towards ending the congressional standoff.
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