Fox News' Chad Pergram reports the latest on the spending standoff between Republicans and Democrats as the midnight deadline approaches.

House Democrats made a last-ditch effort to pass their own government funding proposal on Tuesday, which was quickly scuttled by the GOP.

Democrats are pushing a short-term extension of the current federal funding levels — called a continuing resolution (CR) — through Oct. 31, which also includes a host of left-wing policy riders derided by Republicans as non-starters.

With the deadline to avert agovernment shutdownless than 12 hours away, Democrat lawmakers gathere

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