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The Senate will work through the weekend to negotiate reopening the federal government and possibly vote after a bipartisan effort failed Thursday.
The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the federal government without major concessions for their party.
Senate Republicans are planning a different approach to try to end the government shutdown on Friday, sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News, with the hopes of peeling off enough moderate Democrats to end the stalemate.
The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance House-passed legislation to reopen the government on the day the shutdown tied the longest in history. The 54-44 vote fell short of 60 votes needed under Senate rules to advance the bill that would have provided short-term funding through Nov. 21.
The federal government shutdown has become the longest in U.S. history as Senate works rare Friday session seeking bipartisan deal.
Bipartisan Senate talks aimed at ending the government shutdown continued as both parties grappled with the fallout from Tuesday's elections, and the FAA said it would cut airline capacity in dozens of markets.
President Trump has been in office during the two longest shutdowns in American history. How did the 2019 government shutdown end and what caused it?