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WASHINGTON (AFP)
The US government shutdown entered its second week on Monday, with no sign of a deal between President Donald Trump's Republicans and Democrats to end the crisis.
Democrats are refusing to provide the handful of votes the ruling Republicans need to reopen federal departments unless the two sides can agree on extending expiring "Obamacare" health care subsidies.
With the government out of money since Wednesday and grinding to a halt, Senate Democrats looked set to vote against a House-passed temporary funding bill for a fifth time.
With funding not renewed, non-critical services are being suspended.
Salaries for hundreds of thousands of public sector employees are set to be withheld from Friday, while military personnel could miss their first paycheck on October 15.
As the shutdown begins to bite, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Education, Housing, Commerce and Labour departments have been the hardest hit by staff being furloughed -- or placed on enforced leave -- during the shutdown, The New York Times reported.
The Justice, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Departments, along with the Treasury and Office of Personnel Management have seen the least effects so far, according to the Times breakdown.
