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The stalemate over how to end the government shutdown is stretching into another week without a clear resolution in sight, as both parties trade blame for the funding lapse. Two dueling measures to fund the government and end the shutdown failed in the Senate for a fifth time Monday.
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Government Shutdown: Deadlocked Senate Again Fails To Pass Funding Bills As Shutdown Hits Week 2
The government shut down began at midnight on Wednesday as Democrats and Republicans appeared to be nowhere close to reaching a funding deal.
The Senate failed to pass a GOP funding bill Monday, extending the shutdown, as Israel and Hamas resumed talks on Trump’s peace plan.
President Donald Trump signals openness to negotiate Obamacare subsidies, while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., blames House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., for the shutdown.
Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, plans to reopen the government.
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Live updates: Senate to vote on bills to end shutdown; Tensions rise over Trump troop deployments
Two big stories are roiling Washington as the Senate prepares for votes later today on ending the government shutdown and as a federal judge late Sunday temporarily halted President Trump’s efforts to send any National Guard troops to Oregon.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says some Democrats want an "off-ramp" from the government shutdown as the GOP-coined 'Schumer shutdown' reaches day five.
Congressional Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse, primarily over an extension to pandemic-era health care subsidies.