WASHINGTON — The federal shutdown is set to drag into the weekend after the Senate failed to pass a spending deal on Friday, marking the fourth time Democrats tanked a Republican-led resolution to reopen the government.

Senators rejected two separate spending proposals to fund the government before it adjourned for the weekend, leaving federal agencies shuttered and thousands of workers without pay as lawmakers remain in a bitter stalemate over what to include in a temporary funding bill.

The Senate won’t return until Monday, meaning the shutdown will last at least six days while Republicans and Democrats both refuse to blink first.

“When you all ask me, ‘Why aren’t you negotiating?’ Again, I don’t have anything to negotiate,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said on Friday.

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