Active-duty service members are on the verge of missing their next paycheck after Senate Democrats voted to keep the government shuttered indefinitely, blocking a measure that would have reopened federal operations and paid the troops.U.S. service members have continued to report for duty since the shutdown began on Oct. 1, but without a funding resolution, roughly 1.3 million active-duty personnel are now expected to miss their first paycheck ever as the Democrat-induced impasse, dubbed the “Schumer Shutdown” by Republicans, drags into next week, The Western Journal

Top Democrats have insisted the responsibility lies with Republicans to prevent a pay lapse. But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and most of his caucus have repeatedly rejected a clean funding bill that would reopen the government and ensure military pay continues.

Republican leaders accused Democrats of deliberately prolonging the shutdown despite growing fallout for military families. Hundreds of thousands of federal employees already received only partial pay on Friday as the shutdown entered its second week.