Government shutdown live updates as funding impasse nears record for longest ever

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : APPROVED (VOTER ID, ANYONE?) AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
61% : New prices are visible after open enrollment on the Affordable Care Act marketplace began over the weekend.
58% : Democrats are seeking an extension to expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits as a condition for their support to reopen the government.
44% : the reporter asked."Don't push it," Thune replied, laughing.Returning from the floor, Thune expanded on his thinking."I just think, based on, sort of, my gut of how these things operate, I think we're getting close to an off-ramp here, but … this is unlike any other government shutdown, in terms of the way Democrats are reacting to it," he said.He declined to offer specifics about ongoing talks to resolve the stalemate, but reiterated the offer he has extended to Democrats."I think there are a number of things that we have made available to Democrats in terms of the path forward on appropriations, on doing, you know, obviously the minibus that we already have passed in the Senate, and obviously we've indicated in the past that if they want to vote on whatever their Obamacare bill is, a certain date by which they could have that vote," Thune said.

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