Authorities shutdown enters fourth week with no clear finish in sight

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"I do know that I do know nothing" – Socrates

"You don’t know nothing" – Baseball Legend Yogi Berra

Socrates could have been claiming ignorance, Berra was speaking about baseball, however each could as effectively have been speaking concerning the government shutdown .

So when will it finish?

"You should not ask me as a result of I am the man who stated it's going to solely final 5 days," Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., stated on Fox. "However I'll let you know, a few Democrat senators not too long ago indicated that they suppose that is going to go ‘til at the very least the primary of November."

Nonetheless, Biggs added that he doesn’t "see an finish in sight."

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The federal government shutdown is now coming into its fourth week. (AP Photograph/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Whether or not you're Socrates or Yogi Berra, we don’t know "nothing." Which technically implies that we do know one thing.

Nonetheless, I do know correct grammar.

The one factor that I do know on this case is that I don’t know something about ending the federal government shutdown.

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Regardless… Is it even attainable to recreation out when the federal government shutdown could finish?

Congressional Republicans believed that Democrats would fold after a matter of days as soon as funding lapsed within the wee hours of Oct. 1. Then Republicans argued that Democrats would cry "uncle" as soon as federal employees missed their first paycheck final week. Later, the GOP recommended Democrats would preserve the federal government shuttered by the "No Kings" rallies across the nation final weekend.

The GOP argued that Democrats wanted to point out their base that they had been "combating" in opposition to President Donald Trump .

"Now that they'd their protests, I simply pray that they arrive to their senses and re-open the federal government this week," stated Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., says he would not "see an finish in sight." (Getty Photos)

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., accused Republicans of frequently altering their causes for why Democrats are blocking the GOP invoice to fund the federal government.

"In just a few days, it will likely be about one thing else," Jeffries stated.

So, we enter the ice age of Congressional inactivity as the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week.

Who might have predicted it?

Then once more, who might have predicted thieves might make off with thousands and thousands of {dollars} of knickknack contained in the Louvre in an historic heist? At the very least the bandits stole our consideration away from the federal government shutdown for a bit.

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That stated, everybody is aware of (even when they gained’t say it publicly) who will seemingly finish the federal government shutdown: Trump.

He’s not simply the president. Trump has a sway over Republicans in Congress that Ronald Reagan might solely envy. So till he joins the fray, the federal government will stay closed.

"Donald Trump definitively must become involved. He must get off the sidelines. Get off the golf course and truly resolve to finish the shutdown that he is created and that he has allowed to occur," Jeffries stated.

"Donald Trump, as an alternative of leaving the nation earlier than he leaves the nation, ought to sit down and negotiate with us so we are able to deal with this horrible disaster," stated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y. "The president ought to meet with us. It isn't me, him or something political. It is that the persons are in disaster day-after-day."

President Trump met with Republican lawmakers this week. (Alex Wong/Getty Photos)

The president did meet with lawmakers this week, holding courtroom with Senate Republicans for lunch within the renovated Rose Backyard.

"Did you discover the white marble flooring?" quipped the president.

However Democrats contend that Trump huddled with the improper celebration. Schumer characterised it as "a Rose Backyard pep rally."

Trump implored Democrats to bend – and vote for the GOP spending invoice.

"They're getting killed within the polls," he stated.

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"Shouldn’t the president become involved in negotiations at this stage to finish this?" yours really requested Johnson.

"We're not going [to] pay a ransom to reopen the federal authorities," replied the speaker.

"Isn’t the one key to finish this shutdown to only have a sit-down negotiation with either side?" I countered.

"Republicans don't have anything to supply to Democrats," replied Johnson.

Home Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., in the meantime, contends that "Republicans don't have anything to supply Democrats." (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photograph)

In reality, some Republicans argued that Trump shouldn’t even negotiate.

"If I've realized something about President Trump, it is his timing. I feel that he feels just like the timing just isn't proper now. We're profitable the messaging conflict," stated Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. "So there will be a time. However the time just isn't ripe but."

It’s unclear when that point could come, contemplating that the federal government has remained shuttered for greater than three weeks.

And two weeks in the past, Republicans torched Schumer for declaring issues bought "higher" for Democrats the longer the shutdown dragged on, however shutdown fatigue is now setting in on Capitol Hill.

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"Welcome to day 22 of the Democrats’ shutdown," Johnson declared on the now sonorous every day press briefings delivered by either side.

"This does suck," stated Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., on Fox Enterprise concerning the shutdown.

Lawmakers at the moment are looking for shutdown daylight.

"The hope is that we get this shutdown resolved earlier than the top of the month," Jeffries stated.

Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., expresses hope that the shutdown might be resolved by the top of the month. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

There’s fear about how the shutdown may impression nationwide parks.

"(Listed below are) the extra unfavorable penalties that we'll begin to see with out common staffing. Litter will pile up and park ecosystems might be affected," stated Home Pure Sources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark.

Each events are satisfied they’re prevailing within the shutdown.

"What I did hear on our phone city corridor repeatedly (is) ‘Do not you guys give into these hostage takers,’" stated Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. "I heard that repeatedly."

"It’s resonating with People. What I am listening to from folks in Connecticut is ‘hold robust,’" stated Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

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The Senate holds a take a look at vote Thursday on a invoice to pay important employees who're on the job with no paycheck, however Democrats are skeptical.

"I might be in favor of paying the federal employees," stated Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. "That invoice, sadly, provides loads of latitude to the president to choose and select, or, I ought to say, (White Home Finances Director) Russell Vought to choose and select (who will get paid)."

So whereas shutdown weariness units in, nobody is aware of when it'd finish.

It's stated that figuring out what you don’t know truly constitutes true data.

And if nobody is aware of the top of the shutdown, that should imply that everybody is fairly good.

Chad Pergram presently serves as a senior congressional correspondent for FOX Information Channel (FNC). He joined the community in September 2007 and relies out of Washington, D.C.