President Donald Trump has urged Senate Republicans to redirect funds from "money sucking" insurance companies linked to Obamacare back to Americans.

The Senate on Friday failed to pass a bill to pay federal workers forced to work without pay during the government shutdown, with Democrats refusing to yield to GOP attempts to fund any parts of the federal government without major concessions for their party.

Senate Democrats appeared emboldened in their shutdown posture Wednesday after a sweep in key races in Tuesday's elections. But the caucus appears split on how to proceed, with some progressives urging Democrats not to cave now on their health care demands, while some moderates engage in talks on a way out.

But the workday ended with no bipartisan deals announced on reopening the government and no release to the public of full-year funding bills.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Friday called a Democrat proposal to reopen the government a "non-starter" as the shutdown continues.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday again called for Republican senators to terminate the filibuster rule in a bid to end what is now the longest government shutdown in history, a move that would shatter long-standing Senate norms and make it easier for the majority to jam through legislation.

President Donald Trump is finding that Senate Republicans have a limit as he pushes them to scrap the filibuster.

GOP lawmakers rejected the president’s plan to end the record-setting shutdown by killing the 60-vote filibuster rule.

President Trump declared to reporters on Friday that Republicans would not lose a future election if the party’s leadership in the Senate moved to eliminate the parliamentary procedure known