The Senate on Tuesday shot down a bill to reopen the federal government for the 14th time, even as the chamber shows signs of life towards a possible deal to end the shutdown.

Senators voted 54-44 on the House-passed "clean" continuing resolution, which would have funded the government through Nov. 21. It needed 60 votes to advance.

Despite the tentative moves toward a deal, the tally remained largely the same. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Angus King (I-Maine) all continued to vote with Republicans. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) once again broke with the GOP on the spending measure.

The vote came as the impasse hit day 35 — tying it for the longest shutdown in U.S. history with the 2018-19 version.

“Democrats are recalcitrant,” Senate Majority Leader John

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