Settle in — this could take a while longer.
The federal government shutdown rolls into its second week with no sign of a breakthrough. Senators and House Democrats will return to the Capitol with no new proposals on the table, while House Republicans continue avoiding Washington.
There was no movement over the weekend, and top figures say they’re not even talking, so lawmakers come back to the same stalemate they left Friday: Neither side has the votes to pass their preferred funding plan through the Senate, and the House GOP has canceled votes.
Despite calls from all sides to ...