Pressure grows as shutdown enters fourth week

In today's issue:

▪ Shutdown enters fourth week

▪ Merkley holds Senate floor

▪ Vance meets Netanyahu over ceasefire

▪ White House ballroom backlash

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Lawmakers in both parties are grappling with growing pressure amid a stalemate that has brought Washington to a near standstill.

The government shutdown entered its fourth week on Wednesday, becoming the second longest in U.S. history after surpassing another from the mid-1990s.

Congress is still a long way from coming up with a solution to end the shutdown, with no major breakthroughs 22 days in. But pressure is growing on both parties to find a possible exit ramp.

Talk among Senate Republicans about changing the filibuster to push a government funding bill over the finish