What happened

The government shutdown is in its fourth week and Senate Democrats and Republicans appear to be sticking to their positions while House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) keeps the lower chamber out of session.

But a federal employee union Monday called on Democrats to accept the GOP offer of a “clean” short-term spending bill, adding to a “laundry list of pressure points” that could help break the stalemate, Politico said.

Who said what

“It’s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown,” American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement . That was the “first major fraying” of the Democrats’ coalition, Politico said. But “Republicans are facing a tactical divide of their own” on whether to hold votes to “e

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