WASHINGTON – Hours after a stopgap government funding measure passed the House of Representatives , the Senate struck it down, raising the prospects of a shutdown in just over a week.

Senators voted against the GOP-backed bill , 48-44.

On the same day, Republicans in the Senate also defeated Democrats' version of a government funding extension. Their legislation, which GOP leaders denounced as partisan, would have reversed Medicaid cuts and extended Obamacare subsidies set to lapse at the end of the year.

In addition, the Democrats' bill would've set in stone protections to prevent the White House from withholding money appropriated by Congress.

As lawmakers prepared to adjourn ahead of next week's Jewish holidays, the finger-pointing was on full display on Capitol Hill.

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