Longtime Republican pollster Frank Luntz predicted Monday that the government shutdown could soon reach its end.
While speaking on Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" with Joe Mathieu, Luntz answered whether or not the shutdown will impact Tuesday's elections in Virginia.
"In Virginia, there are so many government employees or family members of the government employees, or someone whose best friend is a government employee, and they’re fed up with this," Luntz replied....
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Democrats divided over cutting deal to end shutdown
Senate Democrats are divided over whether Republicans have offered enough to reach a deal to end the government shutdown this week.
Several centrist Democrats are signaling to their Republican colleagues that an agreement could be reached in the next few days.
But other Senate Democrats warn that reopening the government without a real concession from President Trump on extending the expiring health insurance premium subsidies — or at least a stronger gesture of g...
Lawmakers hopeful Election Day will be turning point in the shutdown fight
Lawmakers in both parties are hopeful that Tuesday’s elections will be the jolt needed for either Democrats or Republicans to shift their shutdown strategy.
The elections arrive as the pain of the shutdown intensifies across the country, but lawmakers in both parties acknowledge that no deal can be finalized until the contests are no longer hanging over their heads.
Some Democrats say a wide margin of victory could push Republicans to negotiate on their health car...
Democratic senators head to Florida to highlight ObamaCare price spike
A trio of Democratic senators — Chris Murphy (Conn.), Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Tina Smith (Minn.) — traveled to South Florida on Monday to address rising health care costs amid the government shutdown.
In a video Murphy posted to social platform X, the Connecticut lawmaker said they traveled to the area to speak with “regular Floridians” about impending premium increases.
“I’m here because I think that nobody should go bankrupt over a bad medical diagnosis,” Wa...
Thune ‘optimistic’ shutdown may end this week, eyes spending bill through January
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said on Monday that he is “optimistic” lawmakers can strike a deal to reopen the government by the end of the week, and he is considering a stopgap spending bill into January or later as the proposed late-November date in the House-passed bill is no longer feasible.
The GOP leader told reporters that while he isn’t “confident” about the shutdown ending, he was more upbeat as talks continued among a bipartisan group of rank-and-fil...
EPA union: Government shutdown deal must include health care funding
The president of the union representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workers on Monday urged Congress to include health care protections in a bill to reopen the government as the shutdown approaches record length.
“The U.S. government must be fully funded immediately, and that has to include funding for health care," said Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Council 238.
"The very foundation of EPA’s mission is ...
8 Democrats sit at center of potential deal to end government shutdown this week
At least eight moderate Senate Democrats are meeting in hopes of finding a deal to end the monthlong government shutdown, but sources familiar with the closely held conversations say they will need strong assurances from the GOP before voting to reopen the government.
The eight Democrats, who include Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.) and Jon Ossoff (Ga.), the latter a top Republican target in 2026, will need to feel comfortable with whatever is offered by Senate Majority Leader J...
How Democrats, GOP could end shutdown and save face
Voices in both parties say Democrats and Republicans alike are looking for a deal that would allow them to save face while ending a shutdown that’s causing increasing pain to Americans across the country.
The difficulty is finding a sweet spot that reopens the government and allows both sides to walk away telling their bases — with a straight face — that they won.
There is no obvious solution, and it's anyone's guess what the exact compromise will look like. But l...
Majority of voters blame Trump and GOP for shutdown: Poll
Most voters in a new survey blame either President Trump or Republicans in Congress for the federal shutdown, which has now stretched into its second month.
In an NBC News poll, conducted in late October, 52 percent of voters say Trump and/or the Republican Party is responsible for the federal shutdown, including 25 percent who blame congressional Republicans, 24 percent who blame Trump, and 3 percent who say they blame both, even after they were asked to select between the...
Fetterman: Both Republicans and Democrats ‘get hungry’ without SNAP during shutdown
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Saturday called the effects of the government shutdown, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits not being issued for at least November, "wrong."
Speaking with Lara Trump on Fox News's "My View," Fetterman said he did not care "who's behind" the shutdown, "it's always wrong, and here we are."
"I really led the charge back in March, and we came up with enough votes to keep our government open," Fetterman sai...