A television screen plays a looped video blaming Congressional Democrats for the government shutdown, in the hallway that leads to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson's office in the US Capitol, on Thursday. Samuel Corum/Sipa USA/AP
As the Senate meets Friday for another vote to reopen the federal government, Democrats are refusing to yield without a deal from President Donald Trump — likely extending the government shutdown into next week.
Democrats say not even the threat of mass firings and canceled federal projects will force them to accept the GOP short-term funding proposal without major policy concessions on health care.
A top White House official warned Thursday that the number of federal workers who could be fired because of the shutdown is “likely going to be in the thousand