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Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs.
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More Americans blame Trump and Republicans than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds.
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The Trump administration has telegraphed that mass firings are coming, but officials have cautioned that such moves could violate appropriations law.
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The president plans to meet with the White House budget chief to slash what he described as "Democrat agencies."
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Officials canceled projects in Democratic states, posted partisan messages on government websites and warned that federal layoffs will begin soon.
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Trump administration officials also directed federal employees to include Republican talking points in automated email replies explaining that they had been furloughed.
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Thousands of national security employees will continue working through the shutdown, but there are broader implications.
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Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.
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The last time Senate Democrats found themselves taking the blame for a government shutdown, they quickly caved. That's less likely to happen now.
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Unlike in shutdowns past, President Trump is the wild card.
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President Trump has made lowering health care costs a key priority, even as Democrats warn that costs will skyrocket.
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Dueling proposals to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate on Wednesday. There was no end in sight to the deadlock as neither party showed signs of bowing to the other's government spending demands.
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The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.
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At 12:01 on Wednesday morning, the United States federal government shut down. We explain why a debate over health care policy was central to Democrats and Republicans' inability to make a deal to extend funding for federal agencies.
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Dueling proposals to extend government funding both failed for the third time in two weeks, as neither party could muster the bipartisan coalition needed to move forward.
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Democrats were seeking to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies. Republicans falsely claimed Democrats wanted to give undocumented immigrants full health benefits.
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