Government shutdown looms as stopgap bill is held up in Senate

the chances that the US government are going to shut down at the end of the month just went up. So today, both chambers took a number of votes on trying to prevent a government shutdown. And the House passed the bill that would keep the government funded to November 21st, as well as give lawmakers $30 million for safety and protection.But the drama was always going to be in the Senate. They needed 60 votes to pass, which means they needed at least seven Democrats to join with Republicans. And in the end, on ...