Republicans and Democrats have failed to break the Senate deadlock over spending priorities
The US federal government has shut down for the first time in almost seven years after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a spending bill in the Senate.
The deadline to approve the funds for running the government expired on Wednesday, as both parties rejected each other’s spending plans in a back-to-back vote.
The Democrats refused to back the Republican bill while demanding an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, along with the reversal of Medicaid cuts. The GOP framed their plan as a “clean,”…
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