On November 8th, local time on November 7th, the US Senate failed to pass the motion to advance the "Specific Federal Employee Appropriations Act" (S.3012) by a vote of 53 to 43, falling short of the 60-vote threshold required for passage. The bill aims to provide funding for some federal employees who still need to perform their duties during the forced shutdown to ease the impact of the government shutdown. Although some lawmakers called for the restoration of funding for key departments as so...