Government Shutdown Live Updates; Senate Rejects Democratic and GOP Efforts on Federal Pay
The Senate on Thursday rejected a Republican-backed bill to pay some federal workers who are working through the government shutdown as the funding fight rolls into Day 23.
The bill, known as the Shutdown Fairness Act and sponsored by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, would have paid employees such as air traffic controllers, military members, border patrol agents and other so-called "essential" workers forced to work during the shutdown. Three Democrats crossed the aisle to support the measure: Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of...
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