John O'Connor

EGG HARBOR CITY — With the Senate having a day off from voting on the funding bills that led to a government shutdown due to the Jewish observance of Yom Kippur, Sen. Andy Kim spent Thursday meeting with federal employees and residents at the Harbor Diner to get insight into how the current state of the government is impacting their lives.

“I’ve talked with people who are really struggling with affordability right now,” said Kim, D-N.J. “I hope we can keep that in mind and think through what comes next. We need real negotiations; the American people want adults in the room that are going to sit down with each other even if they have disagreements and stay in that room until they come up with an agreement."

Democrats and Republicans reached an impasse Tuesday as Democrats d

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