WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming on Thursday unleashed his harshest and loudest rhetoric yet on the government shutdown, as Democrats yet again defied his prediction that they will give the GOP their votes without getting any concessions.

In mid-morning floor remarks, a thundering Barrasso said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is beholden to the “terrorist wing” of the Democratic Party, a faction “who will never be satisfied until this country is destroyed.”

Later Thursday, Senate Democrats voted for the seventh time against the GOP’s House-passed, short-term measure to fund the government for a matter of weeks while talks on annual appropriations continue.

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