Daily Caller:
Almost all Senate Democrats rejected a bipartisan bill Friday evening to pay active-duty troops and federal employees reporting to work, including Capitol Police officers, during the 38-day government shutdown.
Lawmakers voted 53 to 43 to advance the federal worker pay bill, falling seven votes short of the Senate’s 60-vote threshold. The failed vote marks the second time a majority of Democrats have blocked legislation to pay some federal workers during the funding lapse.
Sens. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia were the lone Democrats to cross party lines to support Republican Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson’s Shutdown Fairness Act. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, who supported the bill on Oct. 23, did not vote. Luján notably voted against the bill in October. READ MORE