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The government shutdown is now in its 34th day and is on the cusp of setting a record for the longest in the nation’s history.

It’s a record no one — President Donald Trump, congressional Republicans or Democrats — wants to be a part of.

But after more than a month of finger-pointing and 13 U.S. Senate votes on a GOP stopgap spending bill that have been blocked by Democrats, it is all but inevitable.

There was no urgency among political leaders over the weekend. The president, soon after returning from his Asia trip, flew from Washington to Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

The Senate was not in session and lawmakers left on Thursday, with some experiencing flight delays

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