Senate rejects latest House GOP attempt to negotiate on budget, health care law

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The Ohio Clock outside the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill shows the time of 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Evan Vucci

WASHINGTON – The Senate has voted to reject the latest House Republican effort to negotiate on the budget amid the government shutdown.

The party-line vote was 54-46 on Tuesday. The Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences.

Majority Leader Harry Reid said he wouldn’t negotiate as long as Republicans were holding up a straightforward spending bill to keep the government operating.

The vote marked the fourth time during this fight that the Democratic-controlled Senate has rejected House Republican efforts. The political stalemate that has triggered the first government shutdown in 17 years.

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