The Senate Republicans failed Tuesday to reach the 60 votes needed to advance the House-passed bill and end the government shutdown.

As in the previous seven instances, the Senate voted to try to pass the Republican bill, but only two Democrats joined the Republicans to vote in favor, a figure that has not changed since the start of the shutdown.

The Senate rejected for the eighth time the stopgap government funding bill passed by the House of Representatives. The motion to advance the measure, which required 60 votes for passage, was 49-45.

The vote was 49-45, after two Democrats joined Republicans in pushing the bill forward.

Senate Democrats voted once again to reject the funding bill, ensuring the government shutdown will extend beyond the two-week point.

Nearly 14 days after federal funding was set to expire, the vote failed marks the eighth time the Senate has failed to advance the House-passed measure, and there is no indication the bill is close to gaining more support unless Republican leaders agree to negotiate.

For now, only Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats, continued to break ranks and vote with the Democrats. Republicans on their funding issue until November 21. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania did not vote, bringing the final tally to 49-45.

The defeat of the procedural motion means the shutdown will last at least one more day. Another vote is expected Wednesday, but it's still unclear when the Senate might move forward with the bill again.