On the heels of a failed vote to fund the government, Senate Majority Leader John Thune laid the blame at the feet of Democrats and said he would continue to press them to vote for a temporary funding bill.

The federal government barreled toward a shutdown on Tuesday ahead of a midnight deadline, after Democrats in Congress again blocked Republicans’ plan to keep federal funding flowing ahead of a midnight deadline.

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The Senate is expected to vote again Tuesday on legislation known as a “continuing resolution” that would stave off a shutdown by allowing the government to operate under its existing budget through Nov. 21, after the legislation failed to pass the upper chamber earlier this year.

Democrats say they cannot support the GOP funding extension until Republicans agree to concessions on health care policy. Republicans have said they’re willing to negotiate on Democrats’ chief demand — an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies put in place during the coronavirus pandemic that will otherwise expire at the end of the year — but not until the government is open again.

A federal government shutdown appears likely this week after President Donald Trump and the top two Democrats in Congress failed to reach a spending agreement during a high-stakes meeting at the White House on Monday.

Trump and congressional Democrats braced for a partial shutdown of the federal government as a midnight deadline approached