Senate Stalemate Deepens as Shutdown Drags | JQJO

On day 11 of the shutdown, the Senate remains stuck after seven failed votes on two plans to reopen government, with no negotiations and a 60-vote hurdle. Democrats are holding out to renew expiring health insurance subsidies, but the threshold keeps plans stalled. Frustration simmered in quotes from both sides, even as senators kept talking and passed the defense bill with bipartisan support. Some floated a post-reopening vote on subsidies, a nonstarter for many Democrats. As the Trump administration began mass federal layoffs, lawmakers left Friday without a deal, the shutdown stretching into another week.