A majority of Democratic senators on Monday rejected a fifth attempt by Republicans to pass a stopgap funding bill that would end the government shutdown – just hours after President Trump floated the possibility of making a healthcare deal with Dems.

The deadlocked Senate voted 52-42 to block the Trump-backed continuing resolution from moving forward, ensuring the government will remain unfunded for a seventh straight day come Tuesday.

The measure — which would keep the government funded at pre-shutdown levels until Nov. 21 – fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to clear the legislative filibuster.

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Angus King of Maine, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats, continue to be the only Dem

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