Thune eyes longer stopgap funding bill as shutdown drags on

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said Monday that the GOP-controlled chamber is seeking to craft a new funding measure to reopen the government beyond the initial timeline set by the House.

The Nov. 21 funding date set by legislation passed in September by House Republicans, which has failed in the Senate 13 times because of a Democratic filibuster, will likely need to be extended into January to allow more time for the full-year appropriations process once Congress eventually emerges from the shutdown.