The Senate rejected the Democrats' proposal to prevent a shutdown

Democrats in the Senate failed to gather enough votes to pass a temporary funding proposal aimed at preventing a government shutdown at midnight. The vote was strictly along party lines, CNN reported on September 30.

"The Democrats' proposal did not receive the support of the majority of senators, which makes its rejection inevitable," the report said.

The Senate will now proceed to consider the Republican proposal, approved by the House of Representatives, to fund the government for seven weeks.

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