CHARLESTON — The federal government is entering yet another week shut down amidst disagreements between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate, though West Virginia’s senior senator sees some light at the end of the tunnel.

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., held a conference call Thursday to update reporters on negotiations to reopen the federal government, which has been shut down for the last 31 days.

“I’ve said repeatedly…that (a government shutdown is) the road to nowhere,” Capito said. “It’s actually more miserable now than I can ever remember it in terms of impact on individuals, on people who work for the government and on people who rely on services from the government. It is a total disservice to them.”

The U.S. Senate held its 13th failed vote Tuesday to pass a clean c

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