US senate vote: Republicans fail to advance Trump’s bill to end government shutdown and fund border wall

A plan backed by Donald Trump to reopen the federal government while providing $5.7bn to build a wall on the southwest US border has failed in the Republican-controlled Senate, just a day before federal workers across the country are expected to miss their second pay cheque in a month as a result of the shutdown. The vote was one of two that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to bring up for a vote on Thursday, both of which missed the 60-vote cloture mark necessary to proceed. The second, Democrat-supported bill would have reopened the government without border wall funding, but failed even though it received more "yay" votes than the president's proposal.

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