Throughout the shutdown, at least 670,000 federal employees were furloughed, while about 730,000 others were working without pay, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center.
The House of Representatives will vote on a spending bill to solve the six-week standoff, after eight Democrats broke ranks in the Senate on Monday to side with Trump's Republicans.
The final Senate vote, 60-40, broke a grueling stalemate that lasted more than six weeks as Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them to extend health care tax credits that expire Jan. 1 ...
In some cases, governments hosting the bases have stepped in to foot the bill, expecting the US to eventually make good. In others, workers have simply kept working unpaid as the gridlock in Washingto ...
