Shutdown to last into next week as Congress leaves Washington, D.C., for long weekend - UPI.com

Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The government shutdown will continue at least into next week as members of Congress left Washington, D.C., Friday for a long weekend.

Monday is a bank holiday -- the observance of Columbus Day -- in the United States, and the Senate had no votes on a continuing resolution to fund the government Friday. The chamber is expected to return to business at 3 p.m. EDT Tuesday, according to CBS News.

Friday marked 10 days since the government shut down after the Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government. Thursday night marked the seventh attempt to pass a stopgap funding bill, but the upper chamber was 6 votes short of the 60 needed for a supermajority for the Republican bill and 13 votes short of the Democrats' bill.

At issue are subsidies for Affordable Care Act premiums set to expire in the new year. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party wouldn't support the stopgap legislation unless Republicans back extending the subsidies.

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