In return for ending the standoff, Democrats were promised a vote on health care in the Senate. However their push for Congress to extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies already appears to be dead on arrival in the House before the bill even goes before the Senate.

Several federal departments and agencies posted partisan messages on their websites and in out-of-office emails during the shutdown. Democrats believe the posts violate federal law.

The government shutdown that started Oct. 1 is officially the longest in the country's history. Here's how it is impacting residents of Arizona.

Lawmakers in Southern Arizona and across the country are preparing to return to Washington, D.C. The House could vote on a proposal to reopen the government

The government shutdown is halting a critical federal food assistance program that serves 15% of Arizona’s residents, according to the latest state figures.

“I sense that people are tired of this shutdown and all that flows from it,” said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the No. 2 party leader, who added that the bipartisan interlocutors he has spoken to “seem more optimistic.”

The U.S. Senate had yet another vote to pass a measure that would allow the federal government to reopen on Oct. 20. We are still in a stalemate.