New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- The US Senate on Thursday (October 16) rejected, for the 10th time, a House Republicans' short-term government funding bill aimed at reopening the federal government. The vote failed 51-45, falling short of the 60 votes needed to advance under Senate filibuster rules.

Senate Democrats have maintained that they will not back down from demands that Congress address health care benefits as part of any funding deal.

The repeated failure to pass the stopgap bill underscores the ongoing deadlock in Congress, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed and more without a guaranteed paycheck.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune highlighted the consequences: "Every day that goes by, there are more and more Am...