How The Shutdown Has Become A Political Stress Test As Tempers Flare And The Stakes Rise

By Camila DeChalus, Alison Main, CNN

(CNN) — Frustration in Washington and on Capitol Hill has reached a boiling point amid the government shutdown. What began as a standoff over spending priorities around enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies has turned into a full-blown political stress test — revealing cracks within party ranks, fiery exchanges across the aisle and growing public impatience with the gridlock on Capitol Hill.

Here’s how we got here and what’s coming next week as the shutdown continues:

The latest

Top House leaders signaled on Sunday there’s virtually no appetite for their parties to cross the aisle and engage with the other side’s demands to pass a bill to reopen the government.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told “Fox News Sunday” Democrats view the stopgap