INDIANAPOLIS -- The U.S. federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday.

As the potential of the shutdown was looming earlier this week, Indiana Republicans and Democrats, like the national conversation, were blaming each other's party for the overall cause of the shutdown.

On Tuesday, Senate Democrats voted to defeat a bill passed in the U.S. House of Representatives that would have funded the government through Nov. 21.

According to reports from The Hill, U.S. congressional leaders were unable to reach a deal on a stopgap spending bill. Republicans blamed the Democrats, claiming that the Democrats were embracing far-left policies by not supporting a "clean, nonpartisan funding bill," according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-South Dakota.

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