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US senators have voted to approve a bill which could prove to end the longest ever government shutdown. Government services have been temporarily suspended during the 41-day shutdown, with roughly 1.4 million federal employees on upaid leave or working without pay.
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As the government shutdown hits Day 38, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Democrats offered a plan that would reopen the government. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.)
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The North Dakota Republican spoke on the Senate floor about the shutdown’s impacts and called for reopening the government.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., made a public offer to Republicans on Friday to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year. But Republicans immediately rejected it, with Thune calling it a “nonstarter.”