The National Treasury Employees Union sued the government over the shutdown, following a similar lawsuit from the American Federation of Government Employees.
Some Democrats, concerned about potential bias regarding the special counsel's investigation, say they are being blocked from speaking to the nominee because of the shutdown.
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Lawmakers of both parties are frustrated by President Trump's vacillating approach as he demands a portion of his border wall in exchange for reopening the federal government.
The strategy could lock the administration and Congress in protracted legal standoffs over the special counsel report and House investigations that may ultimately go to the Supreme Court.
Should justices overturn a precedent that says states can be sued in other states without their consent? The case is a key test of a concept called stare decisis, or respecting past decisions, for the court's strengthened conservative majority.
Wednesday's vote was largely symbolic, but it was the first time that lawmakers were presented with a discrete measure dealing with a dominant issue in the midterm elections.
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