With the Senate falling short of the votes needed for a funding proposal, the United States federal government officially shut down Friday at midnight.
Lawmakers had a similar deadline last month, but they passed a continuing resolution December 21 to keep the federal government funded for another month.
Democrats had been pushing a solution for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and insisted that it be addressed before the Friday deadline -- and the two parties were unable to reach an agreement.
The House voted Thursday night to avert a government shutdown, sending the bill on to the Senate, where it failed, 50-49.
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