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No deal reached, as moderates search for shutdown solution

By KEVIN FREKING, ANDREW refused to go along with confident about their pros-
TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM the temporary fix. pects in November.
Associated Press Republicans have ap- The Senate’s No. 2 Repub-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Res- peared increasingly confi- lican, Sen. John Cornyn
tive Senate moderates in dent that Democrats were of Texas, indicated that
both parties searched for a bearing the brunt of criti- Republican leaders were
solution to a partisan stale- cism for the shutdown and skeptical that Democrats
mate as they raced toward that they would ultimately would budge.
a late-night showdown buckle. Asked whether he thought
vote and their last chance The White House and GOP the government would be
to reopen the federal gov- leadership said they would closed Monday, he said,
ernment before hundreds not negotiate with Demo- “Right now, yes, I do.”
of thousands of federal crats on immigration un- As lawmakers feuded, signs
workers were forced to stay til the government is re- of the shutdown were evi-
home Monday. opened. dent at national parks and
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill There were indications in some federal agencies.
said they were pursuing a A tourist helicopter circles the Statue of Liberty, Sunday, Jan. 21, Sunday that Democratic Social Security and most
deal to end the rare clo- 2018, in New York. resolve was beginning to other safety-net programs
sure, prompted Friday by a Associated Press waver, with growing worries were unaffected by the
messy tussle over immigra- been reached, or that A stopgap spending mea- that a prolonged shutdown lapse in federal spending
tion and spending. leaders of either party or sure was slated for a vote could prove to be an elec- authority.
There were no indications the White House were on on Monday after midnight, toral headache for the par-
that a firm agreement had board. but Democrats have so far ty just as they have grown Continued on Next Page