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The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.
How much longer is the government shutdown expected to last? See the Polymarket odds on Senate vote to pass funding bill and reopen government today
The partial federal government shutdown is now into its sixth day, and although the Senate is scheduled to vote on the stopgap funding bill for a fifth time on Monday, Oct. 6, it still lacks the 60 votes needed to advance.
The federal government shutdown drags into its 7th day. The House passed a spending resolution but it's stalled in the Senate over Democratic opposition.
Much of the federal government is now shut down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a funding plan to keep the government open.
The federal government filed a statement in support of Norfolk’s ability to use controversial automatic license plate reader cameras, saying the camera system does not violate constitutional privacy rights.