For the second time in two weeks, the Senate rejected dueling proposals to fund the government, all but guaranteeing a shutdown at midnight.
The bill would require Congress to implement a temporary continuing resolution to fund the government if a shutdown was imminent.
Hours earlier, the Senate failed to overcome a 60-vote filibuster and approve a short-term funding proposal passed by the House.
The president has toyed with running for a third term in the past but said in August that he would "probably not" do so.
The government funding resolution passed the House but stalled in the Senate, 55-45, with a 60-vote requirement.
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Get live updates from Capitol Hill as Republicans and Democrats in Congress scramble to avoid a government shutdown.
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About 750,000 federal workers will be furloughed, and agencies will reduce services in a federal government shutdown.
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