(The Center Square) – The ongoing government shutdown will span at least five days as U.S. senators depart for the weekend after voting down both short-term funding options for the fourth time in a row.

Once again, only three Democratic senators supported the Republican funding stopgap as well as their own party’s. The Senate will vote again on both bills Monday.

“Four times Senate Democrats have voted to shut down the government,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., posted on X. “They have abandoned their responsibility and chosen politics above the American people.”

Republicans’ Continuing Resolution, which already passed the House, would extend government funding for seven more weeks, buying time for lawmakers to finish properly funding the federal government via the 12 annua

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