Mr. Clinton could buy more negotiating time by signing the temporary spending bill.
Within hours of the breakdown, efforts to work out a deal for a temporary spending bill also fell apart.
Congress provided a limited amount of money under a temporary spending bill that expired Friday.
The House approved the temporary spending bill earlier this week.
On Monday, the state's leaders said they were even having trouble agreeing on a temporary spending bill to keep the government running.
The temporary spending bill was approved by a vote of 230 to 197.
The temporary spending bill may not come before the Senate until Monday.
The current temporary spending bill is due to expire at midnight on Friday.
The House passed the temporary spending bill without even a roll-call vote this morning.
On Monday, the lawmakers passed a temporary spending bill.
