Each day on Capitol Hill for the last 16 days is the same: a press conference (or five), lawmaker demonstrations, partisan fights, rinse, repeat. And the phrase “same s***, different day” is becoming a reality as staffers and lawmakers don’t see an end to the government shutdown.

Both House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) come to work every day with the same message, aiming to cast the blame for the government shutdown on each other.

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