LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — As a midnight Tuesday deadline for a total government shutdown looms, Republicans and Democrats are still far apart on reaching an agreement that would keep the doors open.

And the Trump administration has said it will l ay off nonessential workers , rather than furloughing them and awarding back pay when the government finally reopens.

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But Democrats, at least for now, are insisting that Republicans extend subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act that are set to expire at year's end as a condition for voting for a temporary budget measure known as a "continuing resolution."

And that represents an inversion of the usual roles, with Republicans opposed to government spending threatening to withhold their votes, and Democrats trying to kee

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