The Senate failed to pass a procedural vote on Wednesday on a spending measure funding the departments of Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as veterans affairs and military construction, for next year on Wednesday, after top Republicans voted against the measure in an effort to buy more time to strike a deal.

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