ADDS TRUMP'S REMARKS
By Diyar Guldogan
WASHINGTON (AA) - The US Senate on Monday rejected a House-passed Republican stopgap funding bill to end an ongoing government shutdown.
By a vote of 52-42, the Senate did not invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the continuing resolution as the shutdown continued for a sixth day.
Senators voting in favor included Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman, as well as Independent Angus King. Rand Paul was the only Republican to vote against.
Earlier, the Senate rejected a Democrat bill to extend government funding by a vote of 45-50.
Right after the voting, President Donald Trump said he was "happy" to work with Democrats on health care but the shutdown must end first.
"I am happy to work with the Democrats on their Failed Healthcare Policies, or anything else, but first they must allow our Government to re-open. In fact, they should open our Government tonight!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
"Democrats have shut down the United States Government right in the midst of one of the most successful Economies, including a Record Stock Market, that our Country has ever had," he said.
He said the shutdown has "sadly" affected so many programs, services and other elements of society that Americans rely on.