The partial government shutdown rolled on Thursday with both sides dug in and President Donald Trump using the funding lapse as an excuse to cut billions of dollars in “dead wood,” as he put it, throughout the executive branch.

Trump said in a social media post that he’d meet with Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought to go over “which of the many Democrat Agencies” should be cut as the GOP seeks to make the shutdown more painful for Democratic leaders.

Neither chamber had votes on Thursday as lawmakers observed the Yom Kippur holiday, with the House not returning until Tuesday. The Senate will get another opportunity to vote Friday at 1:30 p.m., but there were no signs of a bipartisan breakthrough yet.

After Friday’s votes, shaping up to be the same futile messaging exer

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