Now in its 38th day, the shutdown is almost certain to extend into next week, with the Senate set to vote for a 15th time on the House-passed Continuing Resolution (CR) today, which will fail, and then recess until Monday. While bipartisan talks between rank-and-file senators continued this week, President Trump called on Senate Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” to scrap the filibuster and end the government shutdown.
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