Senate Democrats are poised for the 10th time Thursday to reject a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits .

The repetition of votes on the funding bill has become a daily drumbeat in Congress, underscoring how intractable the situation has become as it has been at times the only item on the agenda for the Senate floor. House Republicans have left Washington altogether . The standoff has lasted over two weeks, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed , even more without a guaranteed payday and Congress essentially paralyzed.

Democrats say they won’t budge until they get a guarantee on extending subsidies for health plans offered under Affordable Care Act mar

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