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Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected Democrats’ offer to reopen government and extend health care subsidies for a year, calling it a nonstarter as the shutdown hit day 38. Chuck Schumer proposed votes to end the shutdown and extend subsidies, and a bipartisan committee on Affordable Care Act changes, but Republicans said talks must wait until the government reopens. With airlines cutting more than 1,000 flights, workers unpaid, and food aid delayed, urgency rose yet GOP meetings produced no resolution. Moderates led by Jeanne Shaheen weighed funding parts of government, though Democrats balked at a future health care vote.

Prepared by Lauren Mitchell and reviewed by editorial team.