WASHINGTON —

Federal workers are preparing to miss their first full paycheck as Senate Republicans and Democrats rejected competing measures to pay them during the shutdown.

Republicans proposed a bill to pay only essential workers and the military, while Democrats pushed for a bill that would pay all workers, including those furloughed. Consequently, many of the 2.4 million federal workers will miss a paycheck tomorrow.

Last week, the government tapped research and evaluation funds to pay over 1 million active-duty troops, but it is unclear if this can happen again next week if the shutdown continues.

During a White House briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed other impacts of the shutdown, including frozen small business loans and food benefits . "If Democrats con

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