US Shutdown: No Early End to Republican vs Democrat Match with Both Ready for Long Haul

US shutdown: No early end to Republican vs Democrat match with both ready for long haul

Senators were headed back to the Capitol for another vote on government funding on the third day of the shutdown, but there has been no sign of any real progress towards ending their standoff. Democrats are demanding that Congress extend health care benefits, while Republicans are trying to wear them down with day after day of voting on a House-passed bill that would reopen the government temporarily, mostly at current spending levels.

US Senate majority leader urges Democrats to back House-passed bill to end shutdown

'All we need is a handful more Democrats,' says John Thune; Democrats have vowed not to support any measure that fails to reduce health care costs - Anadolu Ajansı