The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees could soon go without pay or face potential layoffs, since a government shutdown went into effect on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The GOP-controlled House passed a bill earlier this month to extend government funding until Nov.

Some congressional members of both parties have asked that their paychecks be withheld until the current government shutdown can be resolved.

The government shutdown is causing headaches across the country as thousands of Americans go without pay and key services are threatened.

FBI agents will get paid despite government shutdown, Patel says The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers,

A Houston Symphony concert featuring the United States Marine Band has been postponed due to the government shutdown.