Shutdown like it’s 1995.

The ongoing government shutdown became the second-longest in US history Wednesday, surpassing the 1995-1996 lapse in federal funding as it dragged into day 22 with no end in sight.

Senate Democrats have blocked Republican attempts to reopen the government 11 times since Oct. 1, when all but three members of the caucus voted against moving forward with a House-passed measure to keep federal departments and agencies funded at current levels through Nov. 21.

The Senate will gavel in at 10 a.m. Wednesday to try yet again to end the shutdown, as Democratic leaders demand a meeting with President Trump. 5

“[House Minority Leader] Hakeem [Jeffries] and I reached out to the president today and urged him to sit down and negotiate with us to resolve the healt

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