Last-minute funding talks between Democrats and Republicans seemed to yield little progress on Monday.
Congressional leaders and President Donald Trump sparred over a looming shutdown , with the government set to run out of money at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday unless a stop-gap funding measure is passed.
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Right now, health care is the sticking point for Democrats.
"Donald Trump and Republicans are eviscerating the health care system in our country, in Massachusetts," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, said in an interview.
"Let's work on it together, but let's do it in the context of an open government that's providing essential services," Vice President JD Vance said Monday in Washington.
Massachusetts leaders are call