The federal government is officially shut down as of Wednesday morning at 12:01 am EST after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a vote for appropriations to finance the daily operation of America’s administrative entity.

According to ABCNews, a Democrat-led healthcare subsidies bill aimed at extending Obamacare to more Americans and reversing the cuts made to Medicaid failed to reach the number of passing votes. Republicans put forth a stopgap bill to continue funding the government for seven more weeks failed as political consequence. So, now, there is no money to pay thousands of employees and operate necessary duties.

Says senate minority leader Chuck Schumer:

“We want to sit down and negotiate, but the Republicans can’t do it in their partisan way, where they just say it’s ou

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