A group of centrist House Democrats and Republicans on Monday unveiled a proposal that they believe could finally cut through the partisan impasse that has kept the government shut down for more than a month.

Why it matters: The rare bipartisan coordination is the latest signal that lawmakers in both parties — particularly moderates and those in battleground districts — are growing fed up with the extended shutdown. • A handful of Democrats have openly questioned their party's refusal to budge on Republicans' stopgap spending measure as a way to kickstart talks on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits. • On the Republican side, some lawmakers are starting to chafe at the House's prolonged absence and GOP leadership's refusal to even negotiate the tax credits.

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