US Democrats invoice to keep away from shut down fails to move in Senate – Republicans oppose

US Democrats bill to avoid shut down fails to pass in Senate.

Republicans voted against it, which should all but lock in the shut down.

The government shut down will begin at midnight, just hours away.

Earlier post:

• Trump says good will come from shutdown, going to be laying off a lot of people

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.