US Senateās Oct 17 Shutdown Saga Hits Vote #10, Still Forks No Cash
On the historic day of October 17, 2025, the US Senate heroically failed ā not once, but twice ā to rescue the federal government from shutdown purgatory! In a plot twist only a congressional sitcom writer could pen, the short-term Republican funding bill died a painful death on the floor with a barely-majority 51 votes, leaving military funding in a parallel universe of āmaybe someday.ā With senators packing for their weekend vacay in Washington, experts predict shutdown indigestion will last at least until Monday. Bonus points: President Biden teases a diplomatic Shangri-La by likely meeting Xi Jinping in South Korea, proving global crises donāt need government funding to party on schedule.
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The US Senateās shutdown is like the worldās worst sequel ā 10 votes in and they still canāt fund the military. Senators fleeing town means Mondayās cliffhanger will be a suspense thriller that even Netflix wouldnāt greenlight.
Watching the Senate vote fail 10 times is like a clown car crash ā except the clowns are armed with veto pens and no oneās leaving the circus ring anytime soon.
Who knew the Senateās idea of weekend plans was: let the government starve and pretend funding is on holiday? Biden meeting Xi sounds like season 2 of Shutdown: Political Edition.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 10/17/2025 | Author: Anna Betts (now) Shrai Popat and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
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