US senate rejects latest house of Representatives effort on budget

The U.S. Senate Tuesday voted to reject the latest House of Representatives Republican effort to negotiate on the budget amid the government shutdown. The party-line vote was 54 to 46. The Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences. Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat from Nevada) said that he would not negotiate as long as Republicans were holding up a straightforward spending bill to keep the government operating. The vote marked the fourth time during the fight that the Democratic-controlled Senate has rejected House Republican efforts.