Source: Axios
“The Senate on Thursday rejected a pair of bills that would have paid military servicemembers, along with some or all federal workers during the shutdown. Republicans and Democrats wouldn’t back each other’s proposals, leaving the Senate still deadlocked on any solution to open the government. A GOP-led proposal that would pay federal employees who are having to work through the shutdown, along with military members and contractors, failed to get the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster [sic]. And Republicans rejected a request for unanimous consent to pass a Democratic alternative, which would pay all federal workers, including those on furlough.” [editor’s note: There is no “deadlock,” and the Republicans have already demonstrated they’re willing to use the 51-vote “nuclear option.” The GOP bill failed because the GOP didn’t want it to pass – TLK] (10/23/25)