The U.S. government will shutdown at midnight, according to the White House. It will be the first government shutdown in almost seven years.
Republican and Democratic Senators gave remarks after the Senate rejected bills to fund the government. The 55-45 vote on the bill to extend federal funding for seven weeks has fallen short of the 60 needed to end a filibuster and pass the legislation.
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The Senate has adjourned for the night without approving a funding bill to keep the government open after midnight tonight.
This means a shutdown is certain at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
The Office of Management and Budget has sent a memo to the heads of its agencies to prepare for a shutdown.
OMB Director Russell Vought wrote in a copy of the memo posted on social media platform X that, “affected agencies should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown.”
The memo also noted that the length of the shutdown would be “difficult to predict.”
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