Effort to pay at least some federal workers fails in Senate
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The Senate has failed to advance a pair of competing measures to pay at least some federal employees during the government shutdown, a day before more than a million workers are set to miss a paycheck.
One of the failed bills was a Republican-backed measure to allow employees who are deemed essential to receive a paycheck during a shutdown.
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