The head of the country’s largest union of federal workers called for an end to the government shutdown Monday, ramping up pressure on Democrats to end the impasse.
The labor union urged Senate Democrats to go along with Republicans’ long-standing demand that they accept a short-term funding package similar to one that the GOP-controlled House passed in September. Democrats have refused to pass the funding package and instead insisted that Republicans first renew expiring subsidies for Obamacare health insurance.
