The government shutdown stretched into its third week on Wednesday as Republican and Democratic senators continued to dig in their heels on dueling stopgap funding proposals .

The Senate on Wednesday for the ninth time rejected a GOP-led short-term funding resolution.

In a 51-44 vote, the Senate once again did not approve a stopgap bill, in which Republicans insist on a "clean" continuing resolution that would provide funds to reopen the government until at least Nov. 21.

Democrats want any funding bill to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to run out at the end of this year. That and other provisions in the Democratic bill would cost an estimated $1 trillion.

Wednesday's vote occurred days after the Trump administration said in a court filing that mor

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