What's the latest on the government shutdown? Here's what we know.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Payments will likewise continue under the Medicare and Medicaid health programs.
53% : What happens to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid? The Social Security Administration will continue to issue retirement and disability benefits but will furlough 12% of its staff and pause marketing campaigns, according to the agency's shutdown plan.
52% : * Democrats want to pass a spending bill that makes tax breaks for the Affordable Care Act permanent.
52% : The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Oct. 16 that more than 70,000 sworn law enforcement officers across the department, including those serving in Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secret Service, Transportation Security Administration and other critical mission areas, will be paid for all hours worked during the shutdown.
50% : * Republicans and the president want to address the ACA tax breaks separately from the budget impasse.
50% : Employees deemed essential to public safety, including military personnel, law enforcement officers, border patrol and air traffic controllers, are required to work regardless.
42% : Republicans and the president say they are open to considering a fix for the expiring ACA tax breaks, but want the issue addressed separately from the ongoing budget impasse.
36% : The Senate Dems want to make the tax break permanent, which would otherwise expire at the end of the year, and provide reassurances to prevent the Trump administration from temporarily withholding funds.
32% : What do Democrats and Republicans want for the government to reopen? Democrats are pushing to ensure tax breaks for 24 million Americans who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act (referred to as "Obamacare") and have refused to back a government spending bill that doesn't address the issue.

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