The deadlock in Congress over the government shutdown continued into its third day, with no signs that the impasse would change anytime soon.

The Senate adjourned on Thursday in observance of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Republicans and Democrats spent the absence crafting their messaging in a war of words, seeking to pin blame for the shutdown on the other party to force them to blink. Neither has landed a decisive blow thus far.

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