1 of 3 | A sign announcing the closure of the Capitol Visitor Center is seen on the first day of the government shutdown outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on October 1. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
Oct. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers again failed to pass a series of funding bills needed to reopen the federal government as both sides point fingers over blame in the Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
The federal government's shutdown entered its eighth day Wednesday as lawmakers tussled over a number of issues, including military paychecks amid the political stalemate with no end in sight.
The Senate held its failed sixth vote on a pair of stopgap funding measures -- one each from the Democrats and Republicans. It needed a supermajority -- 60 votes -- to pass a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government.
The Republican measure passed the House in a 54-45 vote.
