WATCH LIVE: Senate convenes on Day 28 of shutdown as federal workers union calls for end to standoff  PBS

Nation’s largest federal employee union calls for 'clean CR' with backpay guarantee to reopen government  Government Executive

Democrats launch alternative bill to save SNAP funding  Politico

Here are 6 ways the government shutdown could get worse for Americans  The Hill

Vance says Trump administration believes troops will get paid for now  PBS