Senate Republicans are leaning towards keeping pressure on Democrats to reopen the entire government, not just parts of it, senators and aides told Axios.

Why it matters: With the largest federal workers union calling on Congress to "pass a clean continuing resolution," Republicans are convinced that they are close to breaking Democrats' will on the government shutdown. • The latest example was Monday, when the largest union for federal workers called on Democrats to immediately pass a "clean" stopgap spending bill on the GOP's terms. (More in item No. 2). • Another example was last week, when Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock joined Republicans to vote for a carveout on military pay. They'd previously stuck with other Democrats. • Significant pain points are coming: U.S.

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