Rank-and-file senators in both parties seek breakthrough on shutdown

Senate centrists in both parties are trying to put together a deal to reopen the federal government.

A group of them huddled on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, after Democrats voted for the second time in two days to block a House-passed stopgap funding measure.

Three members of the Democratic caucus voted for the House-passed continuing resolution, but five more Democrats would need to support it to reopen the federal government.

Senate Republican...