Sen. Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent in the Senate, and his home-state colleague, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), voted Thursday for a Republican bill to pay essential federal workers, including members of the military, during the government shutdown.

Ossoff and Warnock joined Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) in voting for the Republican bill. The measure failed to advance on a 54-45 vote. It needed 60 votes to move forward.

Ossoff’s and Warnock’s votes are notable because they have voted 12 times against a House-passed bill to reopen the government and fund it through Nov. 21.

They have, however, voted repeatedly for a Democratic alternative to fund the government through Oct. 31, permanently extend enhanced health insurance premiums and restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.

Ossoff told reporters after the vote that “military service members, TSA workers, air traffic controllers, other federal workers have no choice but to come to work,........

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