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Both Sides Dug in Over Federal Government Shutdown

Both Sides Dug in Over Federal Government Shutdown

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The Senate voted down competing democratic and republican plans for ending the ongoing partial government shutdown.

The Trump Administration has floated plans for an extended shutdown into the spring.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says that shows that both the President and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are dug in…

Rounds says it may be part of the negotiations…

Rounds says they are still looking for a solution….

Democratic and republican Senators were in discussions after the votes, looking for some type of compromise that would reopen the government and pay furloughed workers.

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