The U.S. government shutdown headed into its 13th day Monday with little sign that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are making any effort to resolve the funding stalemate.

Trump left the United States on Sunday for the Middle East. Speaker Mike Johnson is still not planning to call the House back to Washington this week, with the chamber’s last vote being Sept. 19. And the Senate won’t reconvene until Tuesday.

During Sunday appearances on national news shows, top leaders of both parties continued to blame each other for a lack of a deal to restart funding and reopen shuttered federal agencies.

Johnson (R-La.) continued to criticize Senate Democrats for holding out votes needed in that chamber to advance an already House-passed measure by demanding Obamacare health in

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