Government shutdown enters third week with no sign of ending

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The government shutdown is entering its third week and congressional leaders from both parties show no signs that they are any closer to resolving an impasse than when the shutdown began on Oct. 1.

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Since the start of the shutdown, the U.S. Senate has conducted seven votes on Democratic and Republican short-term spending bills that would reopen the government.

And each time, the bills have failed