As the Senate prepares to pick up the fight over government funding next week, Republican lawmakers are looking to pick up five more Democratic votes in favor of their bill to end the dayslong shutdown .

The upper chamber failed to pass four proposals from both parties this week, as Democrats refuse to budge on preserving Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

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