The Senate failed to pass a House bill to keep the government open ahead of a midnight deadline. Follow live updates here.

House Democrats are continuing a public effort to pressure Republicans to address their health care demands just hours from the government shutdown deadline.

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With a government shutdown just hours away, Democrats and Republicans in Congress angrily blamed each other and refused to budge from their positions.

Congress has until 11:59 p.m. ET to act to avoid a government shutdown. The two parties are nowhere near an agreement.

The House already passed the GOP-backed proposal in a 217-212 vote, but it needs the support of at least seven Democrats to move through the Senate. The major factor dividing Republicans and Democrats is Democrats’ demand for an extension of federal tax credits under the Affordable Care Act set to expire at the end of the year.

Democrats and Republicans have been unable to resolve an impasse over federal health care spending. The government will shut down at the end of the day Tuesday barring a last-minute breakthrough.

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The White House is warning that veterans’ access to nursing homes, suicide prevention and other health services could expire if Congress fails to pass the GOP’s short-term funding bill.