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The federal government shutdown heads into its fourth week with no serious negotiations on a way to end it.
NPR's Deirdre Walsh reports.
The Trump administration's moves to keep some federal programs going is prolonging the stalemate.
The Senate will vote for an 11th time tonight on a bill that funds federal agencies through November 21st.
Democrats are expected to block it,
insisting any deal to reopen the government must address expiring health care subsidies.
The Trump administration moved money around to pay the military and tapped tariff revenue to keep a nutrition program going.
Virginia Democratic Congressman James Walkinshaw supports paying the troops but says this strategy isn't sustainable.
Every day that the shutdown continues,
it's harder for the administration to try to play whack a mole and mitigate impacts.
Until the consequences of the shutdown are more widely felt by the public,
there's less pressure on Congress to end it.
Deirdre Walsh, NPR News.