Key Democratic Senator Pessimistic on Resolving US Shutdown Soon
Senator Jeanne Shaheen at the US Capitol in Washington.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/BloombergA moderate Senate Democrat cast doubt on prospects for resolving the US government shutdown soon despite mounting consequences including an imminent cutoff of the most important federal food assistance program for low-income Americans.
“I wish there were talks. The talks that are going on right now are all ad hoc,” Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said Wednesday during a Bloomberg News roundtable. “There have not been any formal negotiations.”