The government shutdown is in its third week as the Senate failed again to advance a House-passed measure to fund the government. Follow live updates here.

A recent Senate vote to end the government shutdown failed to get the 60 votes needed to pass. Ohio Senators Jon Husted and Bernie Moreno both voted in favor of the failed stopgap funding bill. The current shutdown began on October 1 and is a result of a deadlock over healthcare funding.

The Senate on Wednesday failed for the ninth time to reopen the federal government as the impasse on Capitol Hill deepens. On Thursday, the upper chamber will switch gears and vote on

The vote was 49-45. Two Democrats joined Republicans to advance the bill, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted against the measure. Senate Majority Leader John Thune switched his vote to no, a procedural move that allows him to bring up the bill for another vote.

The federal government shutdown has now stretched into its third week, with no deal in sight after the Senate once again failed to advance a spending plan Tuesday night.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Wednesday afternoon on a measure that would fund the government, and President Donald Trump said he plans to release a list Friday of "Democratic" programs he's eliminated.

For the eighth time, the Senate voted to reject the the House-passed stopgap funding bill amid the fifth-longest shutdown in U.S. history.

Babydog, Republican Sen. Jim Justice’s canine companion, had a packed birthday party in a Senate office building amid the government shutdown. The West Virginia politician celebrated his beloved English bulldog turning six-years-old on Wednesday, drawing a long line of fans in the Hart Senate Office Building.