Among the wealthiest members of the US senate, half of them were elected last year, and three-quarters of them are Republican.

Some House and Senate lawmakers are requesting that their paychecks be withheld as millions of federal workers prepare to go without pay.

Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to block a House-passed stopgap funding bill that would reopen the federal government until Nov. 21, but several Democrats broke with Senate Democratic Leader

As of Oct. 1, the Senate remained mostly locked into a funding bill standoff between Republican and Democratic factions over the issue of health care subsidies. Members of both houses held out some measure of hope for a compromise to reopen the government,

Follow government shutdown news as Trump and Congress grapple with federal budget plans. Firings are expected soon, and some employees have received furlough notices.

House Republican leaders rallied their members ahead of a government shutdown deadline this week, telling members in a Monday conference call to stay unified as Republicans aim to jam Senate

Rank-and-file senators began discussing potential solutions Wednesday, though a compromise remains out of reach.