Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Days before Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are set to end and federal workers will lose a paycheck amid the nearly monthlong government shutdown, Senate Democrats appear to be taking a closer look at a Republican plan to reopen the government, lawmakers said Wednesday.
Senate Republican leader John Thune told reporters he thinks that bipartisan talks have "picked up," describing them as a "higher level of conversation."
"Deadlines have a way of doing that," he told Politico.
"But there are a lot of rank-and-file members that continue, I think, to want to pursue solutions and be able to address the issues they care about, including healthcare, which ... we're willing to do, but it obviously is contingent upon them opening up the government," Thune added.
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