Democrats not swayed by call to end shutdown from largest federal workers' union

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5. Its a fairly anodyne statement, except for endorsing a "clean" CR

In a statement on Monday, the president of AFGE Everett Kelley, who represents more than 800,000 workers spread across the the DC and federal government, said, “It’s time for our leaders to start focusing on how to solve problems for the American people, rather than on who is going to get the blame for a shutdown that Americans dislike.”

“It’s long past time for our leaders to put aside partisan politics and embrace responsible government,” Kelley added.

Kelley called for lawmakers to pass a “clean” continuing resolution, or CR, to fund the government. Republicans have put forward such a resolution that would reopen the government in the short term – until November 21 – but Democrats have repeatedly blocked it.

Kicking the can down the road to the week before Tnxgvg, then doing it all again? Pointless.