(The Center Square) – U.S. senators have left town for the weekend and will not vote again on a federal funding bill until Tuesday, meaning the ongoing government shutdown will stretch into its third week.

Meanwhile, today marks the last time that over 700,000 civilian federal workers will receive a partial paycheck, leaving federal employees either furloughed or working without pay until the government reopens.

About 1.3 million active-duty service members, who normally would receive their pay Monday, will be left out in the cold unless Congress passes a bill to prevent that.

“Judging by their behavior right now, Democrats don’t appear to be in any rush to end this pain,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters Friday. “It is shameful… [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer i

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