The federal government will shut down at midnight on Sept. 30 after the Senate rejected two temporary funding bills, known as continuing resolutions, just five hours before the deadline.
One resolution was sponsored by Democrats and the other by Republicans. Both resolutions required 60 votes for passage in the Senate, and both failed largely along party lines, as they had already done on Sept. 19.
The Democratic resolution was rejected 47-53 along party lines. The Republican resolution failed by 55-45.
Prior to the votes, representatives of each party said that they wanted to avoid a shutdown and that their counterparts were responsible for the result….