WASHINGTON – As the shutdown of the federal government grinds on without any resolution in sight, Americans continue to blame Republicans slightly more than Democrats for the impasse.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday indicated that 45% of registered voters think Republicans in Congress are more responsible for the government shutdown, while 39% think Democrats in Congress are more responsible and 11% volunteered that they think both parties are equally responsible.

The poll showed, unsurprisingly, that Democrats and Republicans hold each other’s party more responsible for the government shutdown.

But among independents, 48% told the Quinnipiac pollsters that Republicans in Congress are more responsible, while 32% said Democrats in Congress are more responsible and 14% sai

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