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The government shutdown will not end today. However, the Senate will vote for a sixth time on a set of test votes to break a filibuster on competing Democratic and Republican plans.

They need 60 votes.

The votes hit in the late morning or midday.

There are mild, informal bipartisan talks about ending the shutdown among senators, but Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., says they are at an impasse.

OMINOUS RED AND ORANGE SKIES HAD CAPITOL HILL TAKE NOTICE AS SHUTDOWN LOOMED

Lawmakers from both sides are now fretting about the potential of furloughed workers not receiving back pay. President Donald Trump floated that idea yesterday. However, both House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., ap

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