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The Senate failed once again to advance the GOP clean short-term measure to fund the government for the seventh time by a vote of 54-45. It did not receive the necessary 60 votes to move forward.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against the bill, breaking with his party yet again.

Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, as well as Independent Angus King of Maine, voted in favor. No other Democrats switched their vote.

Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz missed the vote.

Earlier, the Senate failed to advance a Democratic-led funding bill that includes health care provisions by a vote of 47-50. This was the seventh time that effort has failed, too. Not one Republican supported it.

For now, the government funding stalemate continues with no clear end in sight, and the House remains out of session.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters the Senate will be in session on Friday, where we could see another vote on the dueling funding bills.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

President Donald Trump continued to criticize Democrats over the government shutdown, which has now entered its ninth day.

"You have Democrats that they've lost their way. They have no leadership. We don't even know who to deal with over there," Trump said as he convened a meeting of his Cabinet at the White House.

"Republicans have voted repeatedly to pass a clean, nonpartisan bill to reopen government at the same funding levels," Trump said.

Democrats have so far opposed the clean continuing resolution as they push for health care provisions, specifically extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.

"We're not going to do anything -- only good for health care," Trump said. "We're really, I think, have become the party of good health care."

President Donald Trump continued to threaten to make cuts amid the shutdown and said he would be targeting "Democrat programs."

"We'll be cutting some very popular Democrat programs that aren't popular with Republicans. Frankly, because that's the way it works. They wanted to do this, so we'll get a little taste of their own medicine," Trump said without giving any specifics.

Legal experts argue the Constitution and federal law allow only Congress to declare cuts to federal agencies or remove them entirely.

The White House has not provided more details on the legality of Trump's threats, nor has it responded to questions as to how firing people who are not getting paid would cut down on waste.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune again demanded Thursday that Senate Democrats vote to reopen the government to ensure military troops receive pay.

"If Democrats can't bring themselves to reopen the government by the end of the day, our troops, the people who protect and defend this country, will start missing their paychecks. To say that that's unacceptable is an understatement," Thune said in remarks on the Senate floor.

As Thune spoke on the floor, he was next to a poster with a quote from Schumer's interview with Punchbowl that stated, "Every day gets better for us."

"We could reopen the government in just a few hours, literally. Pay our troops, pay our federal workers, and stop this madness," he said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller