Senate Dems tank GOP plan to pay troops, fund Pentagon as shutdown hits Day 16

Senate Republicans’ plan to reignite the government funding process was torpedoed by Senate Democrats, who blocked a bill that would pay the troops as the federal government entered Day 16 of the shutdown.The annual defense appropriations bill was blocked largely along party lines on Friday, with only a handful of Senate Democrats joining Republicans to advance the measure. While President Donald Trump made a temporary move to ensure that military service members were paid, that funding won't last forever. The only Senate Democrats to cross the aisle were Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Catherine