Senate GOP leaders are again shaking up their strategy as they look for more ways to pressure Democrats to end a three-week stalemate over government funding — this time, with a vote that would keep paychecks flowing to “essential” workers.
Democrats, however, are expected to widely reject the measure, leaving Congress no closer to resolving what is now the second longest government shutdown in history.
The Senate will vote Thursday on a bill that would require the government to pay workers deemed essential and required to work during the lapse — including those in the US military, borde
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