Democrats moved to block a Republican-led attempt that would have provided essential government workers with paychecks amid an ongoing, 23-day government shutdown that could soon become the longest in American history.The bill, proposed by Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Todd Young (R-IN), failed in the upper chamber by a vote of 54-45, falling well short of the necessary 60-vote threshold required to advance the bill over threat of a filibuster. Just three Democrats, Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia, voted with Republicans.
