Welcome to the government shutdown. There’s no sign right now anything will change by this weekend.
Congressional leaders are digging in, without any bipartisan meeting on the books for Wednesday. They will, however, host dueling news conferences Wednesday at 10 a.m. before voting again at 11 a.m. on the two opposing continuing resolutions. Don’t expect a different result.
“It’s in their court to solve it. It’s their shutdown,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters. Senate Majority Leader John Thune says “there isn’t anything here to negotiate” and that “the negotiation happens when the government opens.”
Senators are out Thursday…
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