US government shutdown festers into third week after ninth failed Senate vote

Hardly working: Senate heads home with House already gone as Americans suffer

Everyone knows the shutdown is a loser. But nobody has given the other side a reason to assume good faith, Eric Garcia writes

US government shutdown festers into third week after ninth failed Senate vote

Democrats and Republicans accused each other of inflexibility, while federal workers face disrupted paychecksThe government shutdown festered into its third week on Wednesday after lawmakers failed to advance legislation that would restore funding, with Republicans and Democrats still at odds over spending priorities and healthcare provisions.The ninth failed Senate vote came as the parties gathered separately at the Capitol to accuse one anothe…