The stopgap bill, which would extend government funding until Nov. 21, was defeated after a 49-45 vote. It required 60 votes to pass and has now extended the shutdown to two weeks. The Senate will reconvene and vote again on Oct. 15, marking the ninth voting session on the funding bill.

Action News Now reporter Margot Rowe reports on the bipartisan effort by Democrat Adam Schiff of the Untied States Senate and Republican Doug LaMalfa of the United States House of

The Senate failed to advance two partisan bills that would have paid some federal workers during the shutdown. Democrats and Republicans remain deadlocked as the shutdown drags on.

The Senate has passed three pieces of legislation that support Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, according to a news release from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz's office.

The United States Senate has confirmed Chad Meredith from Lexington to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

“It’s probably no more distracting than trying to decide if you’re going to run for United States Senate,” Drinkwitz said, mocking the idea that Finebaum is linked to Senate run. “There’s a lot of different things out there that you’ve just got to factor in.”

The Russian foreign ministry accused U.S. Senators of undermining the work of Moscow and Washington on the reunification of Ukrainian children with their families, an effort spearheaded by First Lady Melania Trump.

The bipartisan bill, supported by United States Senator Alex Padilla of California, United States Senator John Curtis of Utah, United States Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado, and United States Se