Democrats continue to insist on greater health care spending as a condition to reopen the government. But Republicans disagree.

The public’s approval of Congress is souring amid the government shutdown, according to a Gallup survey. The poll, released Wednesday, found that just 15 percent of respondents said they approve of the legislature’s performance,

Governor Joe Lombardo is urging Congress to end the federal government shutdown in a press release sent to Channel 13 on Wednesday.

Leaders from several Pittsburgh-area centers are urging congressional Democrats to “keep up the fight,” to extend health insurance subsidies even if it means the shutdown drags on.

Senate Democrats voted for a 12th time on Wednesday to block a House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21. Democrats blocked the funding measure — a clean

Democrats are talking to their voters who are desperate to fight. Republicans rarely reach beyond their base. And President Donald Trump, supposedly the world’s greatest dealmaker, is tuned out.

Congressional Democrats from Ohio say they’re still fighting to keep health care for Ohioans as a government shutdown and stalemate continues on Capitol Hill. The weeks-old government shutdown does not appear to have an end in sight,