And just like that, the federal government shutdown is set to go through the weekend and perhaps beyond, as partisan gridlock continues in the Senate. On Friday, Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ seven-week stopgap funding extension for the fourth time, with no new members walking away from leadership’s demands for policy concessions. Forty-two Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., voted against the continuing resolution. “What, do they think this is trust-building?” Hawley told The Daily Signal, as he spoke on the shutdown. That’s an area where I think rescissions are justified, and there are probably others.