White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt delivered a stark warning Monday: Another failed vote in the Senate to end the government shutdown means federal workers will go without paychecks later this week.

With the Senate unable to reach a compromise to reopen the government, Friday’s pay day for workers will go unfulfilled.  

‘Democrats, unfortunately, are continuing to play political games, and we are now in day six of the Democrat federal government shutdown,’ Leavitt began.

‘Millions of American federal workers are under enormous financial stress as a result, wondering how they will pay their bills and take care of their families,’ she added. ‘If the Democrats do not vote to open the government tonight, federal workers will not proceed their next full paycheck.’

Any funding bill will need 60 votes in the Senate to pass, meaning at least eight Senate Democrats would have to vote with Republicans to get the government back to normal order.

Despite Leavitt’s warning, the Senate failed to pass a government funding bill on Monday. The measure would have funded the government through November 21. 

It was the fifth time the body had unsuccessfully attempted to pass federal funding since the shutdown ensued at midnight last Wednesday.

If Leavitt is correct, the failure to pass government funding will result in federal workers going without pay this week.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that government employees, including U.S. troops, will miss their paychecks this week after the Senate failed to pass a funding bill on Monday

The shutdown has been ongoing for six days, and the Senate failed to pass funding on Monday. It was the body’s fifth vote to fund the government

According to the General Services Administration, workers were scheduled to receive their paychecks this Friday, October 10.

American soldiers will also be missing their upcoming paychecks because of the failed vote on Monday, Leavitt said.  

The failure to pass the Republican-authored continuing resolution to reopen the government also means that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly called SNAP, may fail to deliver benefits to its roughly 40 million enrollees.

About 12 percent of Americans nationwide rely on the assistance to provide food for their families.

‘The special Supplemental Nutrition Program for women, infants and children will run out of federal money very soon,’ the press secretary shared. ‘This program provides vouchers to buy infant formula, fresh fruits, fruits and vegetables and other healthy foods for low-income families.’

Democrats have loudly opposed the GOP funding bill because they argue it does not address their pressing healthcare concerns, like Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that expire at the end of the year.

‘For months, Democrats have been calling on Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans to come to the table and work with us to deliver lower costs and better health care for the American people,’ Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement on Monday. 

‘If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done in healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there — ready to make it happen.’

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Monday he is willing to negotiate the terms of a government shutdown with Republicans, if they are willing to include Democrats’ health care provisions

Many government employees have already been furloughed amid the funding showdown 

The Trump administration and Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, have argued adamantly that the shutdown has been caused by the Democrats’ failure to vote in a bipartisan manner to fund the government.

GOP leadership says that policy disputes over ACA subsidies, or Obamacare, should be saved for later in the year, and it should not be tied to the ongoing shutdown fight.

‘Once Senate Democrats decide to release the hostage and reopen the government, bipartisan discussions and work can continue,’ House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote on X Monday.

‘No amount of theatrics will save Democrats from their terrible decision to shut down the government,’ he added.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., echoed Johnson’s concerns during a speech on the Senate floor Monday afternoon. 

‘Democrats own this. They own any lapse in funding for critical food aid programs, just as they own every other negative effect of this shutdown. Because let’s remember, the only reason the government is shut down is because Democrats refused to accept a clean, nonpartisan funding extension,’ Thune said.  

White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett mentioned on Monday that the Trump administration is poised to enact mass layoffs to cut costs if Democrats don’t come to the negotiating table soon to fund the government.

Trump and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought have reportedly been probing federal firings as a way to save money during the shutdown.

‘President Trump and Russ Vought are lining things up and getting ready to act if they have to, but hoping that they don’t,’ Hassett said Monday.

Trump, for his part, noted late on Sunday that the federal firings are already underway.

‘It’s taking place right now,’ the president responded to a question about when firings will take place.

On Monday, he was asked again about when the firings should be expected. 

‘It could, at some point, it will,’ he responded. 

He also shared that negotiations with Democrats are ongoing. 

‘We are speaking with the Democrats, and some very good things could happen with respect to healthcare,’ the president noted. ‘I’d like to see a deal made for great healthcare.’

Trump has said that he and Vought are looking to first cut employees from ‘Democrat Agencies.’