U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is placing the blame for an impending government shutdown squarely at Republicans' feet.

Escobar, D-El Paso, said the federal government will most likely shut down at midnight on Oct. 1 as the U.S. Senate has failed to pass a spending bill for the next fiscal year, which begins at midnight.

"As of midnight, there will be a government shutdown," she said during an afternoon briefing Tuesday, Sept. 30. "We do not think there will be enough votes in the Senate to keep the government open."

In a normal year, Democrats and Republicans will come together to square the spending bills out of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. If an agreement cannot be reached, lawmakers most often pass a short-term funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, as

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