Lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to find a workaround to keep government benefits flowing or reopen it as the shutdown lingers into its fifth week with the Senate at a standstill and the House out of session with few signs of progress on breaking the funding impasse.
The shutdown will enter its second month over the weekend, adding to the crunch Americans will feel as government services run dry. Federal workers, even those who have had to show up to work, are going without paychecks and crucial services like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will have benefits cut off in the coming days without a breakthrough to reopen the government.
An irate Majority Leader John Thune erupted at Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Luján on the Senate floor as frustrations continue to mount amid the government shutdown.
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