Government shutdown enters Day 8 as Trump threatens back pay: live updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The program provided about $7.2 billion in aid last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
56% : " Expiring health care subsidies remain key sticking point House Speaker Mike Johnson and other House Republicans are set to hold a news conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday to address the shutdown, while House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrats hold their own news conference at noon ET.
52% : The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which was passed during the last shutdown, says that federal workers who are furloughed during a lapse in government funding "shall be paid for the period of the lapse."
51% : Trump on Oct. 6 said he's open to negotiating a deal with Democrats to extend the health care subsidies.
50% : During an Oval Office meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump said that some furloughed workers "don't deserve" back pay.
50% : Trump has also threatened to fire federal workers and cut government programs if the shutdown continues.
50% : "It depends on who we're talking about," Trump said Oct. 7 in the Oval Office when asked by a reporter whether furloughed federal workers are guaranteed back pay when they return to workers.
50% : "For the most part, we're going to take care of our people," Trump added.
42% : A pair of government funding bills, one backed by Democrats and another by Republicans, have failed five times to meet the Senate's 60-vote threshold for passing legislation.
40% : But Republican leaders in Congress have repeatedly said they won't negotiate health care policy with Democrats until the government is reopened. ‒ Joey Garrison White House claims loophole in guaranteeing back pay Withholding payments to furloughed workers when they return would mark a dramatic departure from previous shutdowns, including the government's last shutdown in 2019, when Trump was president.
39% : Democrats have demanded that any funding bill reverse Republicans' recent cuts to Medicaid and extend subsidies in the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at the end of the year.

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