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Looks like it failed 55-45? Or did Rand vote for it?
Government shutdown appears inevitable after Senate sinks funding proposals with deadline hours away
From CNN's Sarah Ferris and Morgan RimmerCongress is veering even closer to a government shutdown at midnight after a deadlocked Senate failed to pass a pair of dueling funding plans, fueling anxiety in Washington about how long a stalemate could last.
In a sign of the deepening division between the parties, Senate Democrats blocked Republican’s House-passed stopgap bill, which would extend current funding levels for seven weeks.