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The federal government has shut down as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30.
Two separate, partisan spending bills failed in the Senate on Tuesday. The government will shut down at the end of the day barring a last-minute breakthrough.
The government shutdown entered its second day on Thursday with no sign of a breakthrough, as congressional leaders seemed resigned to the impasse stretching into next week.
The federal government entered a shutdown at midnight on Oct. 1 when lawmakers failed to pass new funding bills. It’s unclear how long the stalemate will last, and lawmakers do not appear to be any closer to coming to an agreement that could reopen the government.
It's Obamacare health insurance prices — and how much help 24 million Americans will get with their premiums — that are in dispute.
A new flash poll from The Washington Post found that “significantly” more Americans blame Trump and Republicans in Congress for the shutdown than Democrats in Congress. The poll surveyed 1,010 people on Wednesday — the first day of the latest shutdown — to ask which political party is to blame.
ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Congressman Pat Fallon (D-TX) about which party will pay the political price for shutdown and what he is hearing from his constituents.
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich joins ‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ to explain the government shutdown during the Clinton administration.
As Democratic and Republican lawmakers remain at odds over things like health care and short-term funding, small business owners are caught in the middle, fearing, like last time, they will be among the first to feel the hit.