Senate Republicans seek Democratic support to break filibuster on government funding bill. Bipartisan talks could lead to vote as early as tomorrow to reopen government.

We are on Day 37 of the longest government shutdown ever. Will the Senate vote today to reopen the government? What time? See the latest.

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.

By David Morgan, Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Friday rejected legislation that would resume paychecks for hundreds of thousands of federal workers during the longest shutdown in U.

Senate Republicans brought forth a bill to pay excepted workers during the shutdown, but it failed to reach the 60 vote threshold.

They hope to pair votes on the short-term measure with three longer-term bills, in hopes of luring Democrat votes.

The Ohio Senate voted to pass a bill that would require all absentee ballots in future elections to be delivered to local boards of elections by the time polls close on election day.

Speaker Mike Johnson is not promising a vote on extending Obamacare credits that were enhanced during COVID-19, even as the Senate weighs its own vote on the issue to end the shutdown.