Good evening once again. I'm Stephanie Rule. We are now 28 days from the election and less than an hour away from a midnight deadline

to pass the bill to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown again.

Earlier today the House passed a 1.2 trillion dollar government funding package

with which then went to the Senate for a vote.

And that vote still has not happened.

So let's bring in Sahil Kapoor, senior national political reporter for NBC News.

Why?

Because we need you to explain this to us to Hill.

Why hasn't this vote happened?

It's almost midnight.

Well, Stephanie, they're haggling over amendments right now. And if that sounds excruciating and boring,

it's because it is.

But what it all boils down to is that the Senate

can't vote on anything quickly without the unanimous consent

of all 100 members.

And they don't have that right now simply because Republicans

are trying to force votes on a bunch of tough issues like immigration trying to

put Democrats in politically difficult positions votes on amendments that

some centrist Democrats

would actually support if it came up and that means it would actually pass. It would

change the bill which would then be forced to get sent back to the house, which is just adjourned for a two-week

recess.

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