INDIANAPOLIS— Congressman André Carson and Sen. Jim Banks both indicated to News 8 they don’t have high hopes for a shutdown breakthrough anytime soon.

Sunday marks 26 days since the federal government partially shut down due to Congress being unable to pass a budget bill for Fiscal Year 2026, which began Oct. 1. The shutdown is already the second-longest in American history. Senate Democrats have consistently blocked the spending plan from meeting the 60-vote threshold needed to pass that chamber because they want to extend pandemic-era expansions to tax credits for people who purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Carson and Banks laid the blame for the shutdown at the feet of each other’s parties. Carson criticized House Republicans for not holding vote

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