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House Speaker John Boehner has blamed the Obama administration for withholding the payments. But White House spokesman Jay Carney said Republicans were at fault for shutting down the government.

He said President Barack Obama was “disturbed” to learn of the problem and that the administration hoped to find a solution Wednesday.

The vote came after a particularly forceful benediction Wednesday morning from Senate’s chaplain, Barry Black. A former Navy chaplain, Black had stern words for Congress after the shutdown caused denial of the death benefits.

“Lord, when our federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of children dying in far-away battlefields, it’s time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough,” Black said. “Cover our shame with the robe of your righteousness. Forgive us, reform us, and make us whole.”

On Tuesday, Republican Senator John McCain said members of Congress should be “ashamed” of themselves after it was learned the U.S. military suspended death benefits during the government shutdown.

“I’m ashamed. I’m embarrassed,” McCain said, a five-term senator and prisoner of war in Vietnam. “All of us should be.”

“Sooner or later the government will resume its functions. Sooner or later we will raise the debt limit,” McCain added.