(WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday — the first day of a government shutdown — once again failed to pass bills aimed at funding the government as congressional leaders continue to trade blame for the shutdown. The Senate held two votes on funding bills that mirrored the failed votes they took on Tuesday, resulting in a government shutdown that took effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. The first vote was, once again, a procedural vote on the Democrats’ government funding proposal that includes the health care provisions they’ve been seeking. As was the case on Tuesday night, every Democrat voted for it and every Republican voted against it. The second vote in the series was a procedural vote on the clean, House-backed Republican stop-gap funding bill that failed Tuesday night.