Rank-and-file senators engage in ‘shadow negotiation’ in search for shutdown end

Senators Leave Town Cautiously Optimistic That Shutdown Talks Are Progressing

Sen. Gary Peters. Mark Schiefelbein/APFor the first time in a month, there’s hope on Capitol Hill that the government shutdown will end — maybe even next week.But whether that momentum is real, or wishcasting, is not yet clear. And lawmakers left town on Thursday before anyone could really find out.“People are talking. We're continuing to talk,” Sen. Gary Peters told NOTUS. “I express optimism because whenever you're talking, that's better than …

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Senate Democrats appear to be taking a closer look Wednesday at a Republican plan to reopen the government, Sen. John Thune.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune criticizes Democrats for the government shutdown, urging them to pass a clean funding resolution.

Democrats seize on food stamp funding as latest rallying cry

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Rank-and-file senators engage in ‘shadow negotiation’ in search for shutdown end

A group of rank-and-file senators increasingly frustrated by the weeks-long stalemate on Capitol Hill believe they have found a possible path to end the government shutdown.

Thaw in shutdown talks raises senators’ hopes for a deal next week

The NewsSenators in both parties — below the leadership level — are starting to see an unmistakable shift that they hope leads to a bipartisan agreement to end the shutdown, perhaps as early as next week, according to more than a dozen sources.That agreement almost certainly won’t happen this week. Still, Republican and Democratic senators are quietly discussing how to rebuild Congress’ broken spending process, including several bills that would…