Xinhua Agency, Washington, October 1 (Reporters Yang Ling and Xiong Maoling) The U.S. Senate vetoed a temporary appropriations bill proposed by the Republican Party on the 1st, shattering hopes of quickly ending the federal government's "shutdown" state.

In the voting that morning, only three Democratic senators backed the Republican proposal to extend federal funding until the end of November, with a total of 55 votes in favour, failing to reach the required 60 votes.

On September 30, the Senate failed to pass a new provisional allocation bill before federal funds were exhausted.In the U.S. Eastern Time on October 1, zero, federal government time was ¡°stop¡± for seven years.This means that, in addition to providing ¡°necessary services¡± government employees, an estimated 750,000 federal employees will be ¡°called off¡±, some public services may be suspended or delayed, and the release of economic data will also be affected.