Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Prevent Future Shutdowns with Automatic Stopgap Funding

Senate voted down GOP amendment to prevent future shutdowns by creating permanent stopgap funding.

Amendment would require lawmakers to strike funding deals without shutdown threat and work on nothing else until a deal.

Government would continue at previous funding levels like a continuing resolution.

Amendment sponsor said it would force lawmakers to stay and work rather than shut down government.

Democrats argued amendment would make funding process harder and allow obstruction.