The United States is likely to experience another week of a government shutdown after the Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed the federal administration to resume operations for the seventh time today, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
At the same time, President Donald Trump said he was determined to force the opposition to back down.
The government shutdown began on October 1, which led to the technical layoff of more than 700,000 federal employees.
"The shutdown was quite damaging. "It's getting worse and worse," Trump said.
The US Senate is unlikely to vote on any legislative changes over the weekend, as the parties are deadlocked.
Republicans are pushing for an extension of the current government budget at the same spending levels, while Democrats are demanding additional funds for health insurance programs for low-income households.
Trump's party has a majority in both houses of Congress, but under Senate rules, 60 out of 100 votes are needed to pass the budget. That means at least eight Democratic senators must support the Republican bill, but so far only three have done so.
In an effort to increase pressure, Trump repeated his threats to the Democratic Party: "We will eliminate some programs that are very popular with Democrats but not with Republicans," the president said.
While the government remains blocked, more than 2.3 million federal employees and 1.3 million military personnel are not receiving pay.