Congress ties record for longest shutdown as bipartisan talks pick up steam

(CNN) — With Congress now tied for its longest-ever shutdown, a small group of fed-up lawmakers in Washington are furiously trying to end the standoff as soon as this week.

Those members insist there’s real momentum this time. Yet the potential off-ramp doesn’t appear to deliver Democrats any real win on their biggest demand of the shutdown: health care.

CNN’s Morgan Rimmer and Alison Main contributed to this report.