Government shutdown reaches 40th day
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The emerging deal would include a stopgap measure to extend government funding until January and be tied to a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he's "optimistic" about ending the government shutdown this week, and that the upper chamber would take its 14th vote on a House-passed funding bill on Tuesday.
The ongoing government shutdown made U.S. history Tuesday evening, as it entered its 35th day. The Senate failed to pass a funding measure for the 14th time.
Federal employees and low-income households have been particularly affected by ‘partisan standoffs’ in Washington
Cornell has been subject to more than $250 million in federal funding interruptions since April, the university said. That funding will be restored, with a cost.
Across issue areas, nonprofits lost grants and contracts, faced delays or funding freezes, and were hit with stop-work orders.
Republican fiscal hawks in Congress are making a new pitch in the struggle to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history: Continue to spend at the same rate as last year for as long as possible.
In an interview with Kristen Welker on NBC News' Meet the Press Sunday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, and Senator James Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican, expressed hope on Sunday that the shutdown would be resolved before Thanksgiving.
More than 5,000 US flights were cancelled or delayed on Friday, in the first day of new mandates forcing airlines to reduce air traffic during the government shutdown.
The governors of New York and New Jersey said their states are now issuing the funds. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
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