Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Monday that the GOP-controlled chamber is seeking to craft a new funding measure to reopen the government beyond the initial timeline set by the House.
The Nov. 21 funding date set by legislation passed in September by House Republicans, which has failed in the Senate 13 times because of a Democratic filibuster, will likely need to be extended into January to allow more time for the full-year appropriations process once Congress eventually emerges from the shutdown.
Thune’s remarks, made to reporters, came on the 34th day of the shutdown, which is careening toward a new record length. The longest shutdown on record, which lasted 35 days, occurred during President Donald Trump’s first term. However, it was only a partial
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