Government enters second partial shutdown of 2018

Published February 9, 2018 5:38am ET



The federal government entered partial shutdown mode for the second time in 2018, after Congress did not pass a short-term spending bill before its midnight deadline Thursday.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., held up a Senate vote on the measure as he protested a budget deal that would allow an increase in national security spending and nondefense spending in the omnibus bill that is expected to be completed next month.

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