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Is the government shutdown ending? Where things stand on the stalemate in D.C.

U.S. senators have voted in favor of legislation, marking a first step toward reopening the government. But some Dems have reservations.
Yahoo

Sen. John Kennedy roasts Senate amid shutdown stalemate: 'Like the game room in a mental hospital'

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on his new book, 'How to Test Negative for Stupid,' the government shutdown stalemate and why he sees no end in sight for the impasse.
WHDH

Senate Republicans head to the White House in a show of unity as the shutdown enters its fourth week

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity ...
Cardinal News

Democrats could draw maps to put every Virginia Republican representative in a blue district. Here’s how.

The other red district, akin to our current 9th District, stretches east to Appomattox County. It also takes in most of Pittsylvania County, but Danville — prized by Democratic mapmakers because it ...