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At day 36, government shutdown is longest in US history

Some senators predict the government shutdown, now the longest in history, could end this week

Entering its 36th day, the government shutdown is now the longest in American history, though senators predicted Tuesday that the impasse could end this week.

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Amid SNAP uncertainty, federal government shutdown is officially the longest in American history

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Current government shutdown is longest in American history

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Senate convenes for crucial vote as government shutdown enters Day 38

Senate Republicans have a different strategy to end the government shutdown after making an offer to the Democrats for Friday's vote.

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Democrats hold out for health care talks as Thune says ‘time is now’ to reopen government

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Democrats consider prolonging the shutdown as Republicans prepare new bills without health care fix

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American Airlines CEO says the government shutdown is impacting holiday travel bookings: ‘Nobody wants to put up with hassle’

American Airlines canceled more than 200 of its 6,200 scheduled flights on Friday as air traffic reductions began.

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Americans See a Government That Can’t Solve Their Problems

The rapid-fire swing in fortunes for both parties is the result of a narrowly divided nation quick to throw out elected officials seen as slow to improve their lives. To many Americans, government is literally not working, as evidenced by a federal shutdown that has now stretched into the longest in U.S. history.

'This should never happen in America': RI judge orders SNAP benefits be paid in full

A fiery and fully exasperated federal judge on Nov. 6 ordered the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fully fund food stamp benefits by the next day for more than 40 million low-income Americans, despite the government shutdown now approaching its seventh week.

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Democrats hold the government hostage over subsidies Americans don’t want

Democrats are holding the government hostage over temporary COVID-era ACA subsidies that have led to widespread fraud and cost taxpayers $27 billion.

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In America, no government has the right to censor

The Constitution’s First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can’t say what they want, we don’t have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency,