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The blame game

For six weeks, Democrats held the line. They watched as the government limped through the longest shutdown in U.S. history, insisting Republicans bore the blame. After all, Donald Trump controls the presidency, the courts, and both chambers of Congress.

And for the most part, voters agreed.

A YouGov poll released on Monday found that 34% of Americans still blamed Republicans in Congress for the shutdown, compared with 31% who faulted Democrats, and 26% who held both parties equally responsible. Another survey from the same pollster found that most Americans felt little direct impact: 36% said

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