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American politicians from both factions are accusing one another as numerous of federal staff face furlough and the shutdown persists with no conclusion in sight.

The Democratic Party have refused to endorse the Republican budget proposal unless ending medical assistance which they say many laboring parents count on are continued.

Republicans want Democrats to pass a temporary measure first and then they can discuss the financial aid.

A Republican Voter, Forty-Nine, GOP Supporter

This California resident is anxious about the widespread impact of the shutdown on ordinary Americans.

The GOP have fifty-three votes, they must secure 60 to enact the bill. Is it that challenging to come together over seven votes so that Americans avoid harm?

If this persists for another week or two, the reality is Americans are being affected, US residents are being touched by this and a leader needs to do something to be the adult in the room.

I think sometimes lawmakers are so far away from ordinary citizens, the common folk living their lives, so they don't remember what the challenge is like and I believe they need to remember that, especially if it's three-quarters of a million US citizens that are without income.

That's a large group of Americans without pay, that's a significant number of Americans failing to contribute their income back into the economic system. Americans are just being hurt.

A Democratic Voter, 22, Democratic Supporter

This Maryland resident understands this funding lapse will create hardship to many US citizens, but she thinks it is a worthy struggle.

I'm concerned because there is no positive result with the federal government being inactive.

I'm very nervous about what's going to transpire to low-income families, learners who need federal scholarships and government workers.

But this is a good fight for the Democratic Party to pursue. Naturally positions are going to be lost, services are going to go without funding, which is so disappointing but I feel that is blame that the Democratic Party would have on their conscience.

I feel it's valuable to persist, this is sending a strong message to their constituents.

Punal Bhavsar, Mid-Thirties, Democratic Supporter

This California resident is worried the Democrats do not have strategy in their closure strategy.

I am unsure if the Democratic leadership has a game plan for an resolution path to negotiations or how to get the group beyond this.

I question if the Democratic Party have a effective communication to the citizens on what they're doing.

In terms of social media messaging, the GOP certainly have the edge. The communication is not resounding on what the left are trying to do.

I'm presently at a stage where I'm somewhat anxious because federal closures harm everyone.

I'm going to be fine, but for others who needs the federal system, who wants to tour a federal park or museum, they're going to be impacted, if not currently, then in the short term.

And that is intolerable.

Jim Sullivan, Fifty-Five, Republican

This Indiana citizen says the left are playing politics with regular people and their income.

This is usual political maneuvering. It is a continuing resolution they are seeking to approve, that the opposition oppose.

Everyone's labeling it a Schumer shutdown, it's not on the GOP, it's on the Democratic leader, he's doing it to maintain influence within his political faction - in the meantime, people are in the lurch.

I fail to observe that this is going to resolve.

The ordinary citizens are stuck in the crossfire, and the left are prepared to sacrifice them. They're hurting their cause any favours when they truly hold up matters like this.

Trey Stewart, 27, Democrat

This Florida citizen claims Democrats' approach is a challenging but required one and one that touches his sister, who has been sent home because of the funding gap.

Democrats' strategy is a difficult one, but sadly it is a necessary one.

They have failed to do very much to slow or stop the president's agenda.

I support their tactic, I endorse their reasoning for proceeding.

The administration leader is a intimidator and if you acquiesce to a aggressor he's going to demand additional concessions, that's how such individuals behave. So you have to resist a bully to make him realise you're not going to concede for without resistance.

The point when it goes too far is when the Democrats start losing the PR battle, if the narrative changes to faulting the Democrats then it might be necessary to call it quits.

A Republican Voter, Sixty-Four, Republican

This Grand Canyon State resident is not directly impacted by the shutdown so he is ok with the halt persisting, if that is what it requires for the GOP to prevail.

I would expect after the period that the left have had, I would have anticipated that they would have agreed to the stopgap measure, at least for now.

I am all for what the Republicans are trying to do, I'm all for cutting public expenditure.

The Democrats have become so opposed of the current president, no matter what he proposes I think they would find cause to battle him.

I individually am unaffected by the urgency that some people are, this leaves me untouched.

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