Government shutdown live updates as funding lapse becomes second

What to know on Day 22 of the government shutdown:

The government shutdown is now entering its fourth week. The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday for a twelfth time on a House-passed bill that would reopen the government as Democrats and Republicans remain at odds on Day 22 of the shutdown.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor since about 6 p.m. Tuesday to protest the president's policies, leaving the timing of Wednesday's vote uncertain.

The shutdown is now the second-longest funding lapse in modern history, exceeded only by the 35-day shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019. Shutdowns are a relatively recent phenomenon, having only begun in their current form in 1980 .

Democratic leaders on Tuesday asked President Trump for a meeting to negot