WASHINGTON — The eighth day of the federal shutdown saw tensions flare Wednesday between lawmakers in U.S. Capitol hallways, no deal on how to keep military service members paid and a sixth failed Senate vote for new funding that could have reopened agencies.

The Senate’s inability once again to advance a House-passed funding bill and a competing Democratic bill reflected no visible progress in the standoff. The Republican measure to replenish agency coffers until Nov. 21 fell short 47-52, needing eight non-GOP votes — still stuck at just three political aisle-jumpers.

Meanwhile, the last time the House was in session was Sept. 19. Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday he has no plans to call members back to Washington — even to take up a standalone measure that would keep military paychec

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