Senate Deadlock Continues Over Federal Worker Pay Amid Shutdown
TL;DR
The Senate failed to pass measures to fund federal workers during the ongoing government shutdown, with disagreements between Democrats and Republicans over who should be paid and how, as the shutdown enters its 23rd day, the second-longest in U.S. history.
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- Effort to pay at least some federal workers fails in Senate NPR
- Trump vows to ‘take care of Chicago’ after backing off plan to send troops to San Francisco – live The Guardian
- Essential workers left unpaid after Senate Democrats kill pay bill Fox News
- GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown The Hill
- Capitol agenda: Senators start getting stir-crazy as shutdown drags on Politico
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