Democrats have said they will not agree to end the US government shutdown unless Republicans meet their demands, with one senior aide telling CNN it would take an airline catastrophe for the party to back down.
The federal government shut down on October 1 after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on a spending bill in the Senate. The impasse has left hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed or working without pay as the standoff enters its second week.
US Democrats won’t end shutdown unless ‘planes fall out of the sky’ – CNNOver 9,000 flights have already been canceled or delayed due to a shortage of air traffic controllers across the country