At the center of shutdown fight, health care is one of the most intractable issues in Congress

Democrats believe health care is an issue that will resonate with a majority of Americans as they demand an extension of subsidies in exchange for their votes to reopen the shuttered US government.

Government shutdown to hit one-week mark after Senate again rejects competing funding bills

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

Senate Democrats hold the line and reject GOP plan to end shutdown a fifth time

Congress was no step closer to ending the government shutdown after the Senate rejected, for the fifth time, plans to reopen the government.

Threat of federal firings hangs over Washington as government will remain shut down through at least Friday

Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes.

Everybody in Washington hates a shutdown until it becomes a useful tool

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government had shut down, and Donald Trump was calling on Democrats and Republicans to work together to get out of the mess. “You have to get people in a room, and you have to just make deals for the good of the country,” Trump remarked.

Government shutdown threatens food aid program relied on by millions of families

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that helps more than 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money within two weeks unless the government shutdown ends, forcing states to use their own money to keep it afloat or risk it shutting down, experts say.

The shutdown may strain WA’s federal workers. Here’s where they live

There are nearly 80,000 federal government workers across Washington state with the largest number in Kitsap County, writes FYI Guy.
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