WASHINGTON (AP) — Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown are fading. Democrats have refused to budge in a Senate vote. President Donald Trump is readying plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government. On the third day of the shutdown, another Senate vote to advance a Republican bill that would reopen the government failed on a 54-44 tally. That’s well short of the 60 needed to end a filibuster and pass the legislation. Meanwhile, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the chamber would close for legislative business next week. It’s a move meant to force the Senate to work with the government funding bill that has been passed by House Republicans.
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