KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Shutdown continues into sixth day with no resolution in sight
House and Senate remain deadlocked over spending and health care
Trump threatens federal worker layoffs; Democrats push for subsidies
Senate filibuster blocks Republican bill to reopen government
Lawmakers provided few public signs of meaningful negotiations to break an impasse on reopening the federal government as the shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying it was Democrats who needed to “stop the madness.”
President Donald Trump, when asked on Sunday night when federal workers would be fired as he has threatened, told reporters: “It’s taking place right now, and it’s all because of the Democrats.” He declined to answer a question about which agencies are subje