WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday the 28-day U.S. government shutdown could stretch into November, when millions face soaring health insurance costs from expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits — raising pressure on lawmakers to resolve the impasse as enrollment begins.

With hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, others working without pay and federal food assistance due to end in days, neither Schumer nor his Republican counterpart, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, has shown much inclination to end the standoff or mitigate its debilitating effects.

The Senate rejected a stopgap funding bill for the 13th time on Tuesday as Democrats insisted Republicans extend expiring tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Wit

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