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After 43 days in the dark, Congress turns the government’s lights back on Original

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By Kevin Frey Verified, Mychael Schnell Verified, Syedah Asghar Verified
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House lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday and passed the bipartisan government funding package, leaving lawmakers one Donald Trump signature away from ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history. After 43 days of shuttered government and unpaid federal workers, the House voted 222-209 to pass the Senate’s funding deal — with 216 Republicans and six Democrats supporting the bill, and two Republicans and 207 Democrats opposed.
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Democrats finally propose a shutdown deal - and Republicans torch it in seconds Original

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By Kevin Frey Verified, Mychael Schnell Verified, Ali Vitali Verified, Syedah Asghar Verified
| MS NOW Verified
On day 38 of the government shutdown, Senate Democrats unveiled their first official offer to reopen the government. The plan, as proposed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday, aimed to solve one of the key Democratic concerns throughout the shutdown: That Republicans were offering no guarantee that Affordable Care Act subsidies will in fact be extended in some form. Without an extension, Americans enrolled in Obamacare are poised to see their premiums skyrocket next year.
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Democrats try a new shutdown strategy: unity Original

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By Kevin Frey Verified, Mychael Schnell Verified, Ali Vitali Verified, Syedah Asghar Verified
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After weeks of different Democrats taking different shutdown approaches — some voting with Republicans, some talking with GOP lawmakers about a bipartisan deal, and some holding out completely — Democrats emerged from an hours-long closed-door meeting on Thursday advocating a new strategy: Unity. What that unity means, in practice, is unclear. And whether that unity can be maintained — and for how long — remains to be seen.
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