US Government Shuts Down as Trump, Congress Fail to Break Budget Standoff

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : No Clear Exit House Republicans passed a short-term funding bill to extend government operations through mid-November, but it failed repeatedly in the Senate, which requires 60 votes for passage.
50% : Roughly 750,000 federal workers are expected to be furloughed, with some potentially dismissed under Trump administration plans to downsize the government.
48% : Democrats and Republicans Dig In Democrats, typically eager to avoid shutdowns, demanded new funding for expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies covering millions of Americans.
45% : In 2013, the government closed for 16 days over Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
44% : Republicans refused to negotiate, encouraging Trump to hold the line.
33% : This is the third shutdown under Trump --and the first since his return to the White House earlier this year-- underscoring the deep partisan divide over budget priorities and a political climate that rewards brinkmanship over compromise.
33% : But Trump has warned he will target programs valued by Democrats.
32% : "We don't want it to shut down," Trump said at the White House before the midnight deadline.
26% : "They want to fight Trump," he said on CNBC.
23% : Agencies will close offices nationwide, while Trump vowed to impose "irreversible" cuts as retribution.

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