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Vice President JD Vance called on five “reasonable Democrats” to come forward and join Republicans and the three Democrats who have voted to reopen the government as the shutdown drags on and heightens travel woes within the aviation industry.

“All we need to end the craziness, to pay the air traffic controllers, to pay the (Transportation Security Administration) agents, to pay the pilots, to make sure that food stamp benefits continue to go out to the American people who need them,” Vance said during a gaggle at the White House Thursday afternoon. “All we need is five reasonable Democrats to join three moderate Democrats and 52 Republicans to reopen the government.”

Vance held a roundtable at the White House Thursday afternoon with Secretary

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