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The United States government shut down Wednesday at midnight (6AM CET) after Senate Democrats voted down the last-ditch Republican bill to extend federal funding for seven more weeks.
As Republicans only have 54 seats in the Senate and need 60 votes, Democrats used that as leverage to achieve their policy goals.
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