The U.S. government is hurtling toward its 15th shutdown since 1981 as Tuesday’s midnight deadline looms without a funding deal in sight.

Deep partisan divides—and a near complete lack of negotiation—between Republicans and Democrats in Congress have paralyzed efforts to fund federal agencies.

With the Republican-controlled Senate expected to vote again on a temporary spending bill that already failed once, there is little hope of averting the shutdown before time runs out.

Democrats want to modify the bill to extend health benefits for millions of Americans that are due to expire at the end of the year. Republicans say they must tackle that issue separately.

“We’ll have plenty of time for all the policy debates,” House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, said on C

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