Two Democratic members of Congress from Prince George’s County held a roundtable meeting Thursday in Bowie to talk about the government shutdown, which is now well into its third week with no end in sight.

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Maryland Reps. Steny Hoyer and Glenn Ivey want the Republican-controlled House to get back into session and end the long government shutdown.

“It’s dumb and it’s wrong, and we ought to be making a deal,” said Hoyer, who has been a member of Congress since 1981 and has experienced 11 government s

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