Senate Democrats voted Wednesday for a 12th time to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21.

Democrats blocked the funding measure — a clean continuing resolution that would prolong Biden-era funding levels — after liberal Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) spoke on the Senate floor for nearly 23 hours to protest President Trump’s first nine months in office.

Democratic colleagues applauded Merkley’s show of defiance before the vote on the Republican-drafted funding bill.

The bill........

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