WASHINGTON – As the government shutdown continued on Sunday, many of the people with the power to solve the funding crisis – the consequences of which are growing more intense for millions of Americans with each passing day – were nowhere in sight in the nation's capital.
President Donald Trump embarked on a six-day international trip just as the weekend began, after many lawmakers had already left town. Members of Congress are entrenched in disagreements over health care policy with little bipartisanship on the horizon.

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