Democrats and Republicans continue to blame one another for the shutdown as their negotiations stall and work largely stops in Washington.

Lawmakers are keeping their doors open, but their aides are starting to feel the pain of the shutdown as they work without pay.

WASHINGTON — Twenty-two days into the government shutdown, California Rep. Kevin Kiley spent an hour of his morning in Washington guiding a group of middle school students from Grass Valley through the empty corridors of the U.S. Capitol.

Normally, one of his staff members would have led the tour. But the Capitol is closed to all tours during the shutdown, unless the elected member is present. So the schoolchildren from Lyman Gilmore Middle School ended up with Kiley, a Republican from Rocklin, as their personal tour guide

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