The government shutdown is entering its fourth week, with no clear end in sight

“I know that I know nothing” – Socrates

“You know nothing” – Baseball legend Yogi Berra

Socrates might be feigning ignorance, Bera might be talking about baseball, but both might be talking about it. Government shutdown.

So when will it end?

“You don’t ask me because I’m the guy who said it’s only going to last five days,” Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said on Fox. “But I will tell you, some Democrat senators have indicated recently that they think it will happen at least by the first of November.”

However, Biggs added that he “doesn’t see an end in sight.”

The government enters the longest complete shutdown in US history with no end in sight

The government shutdown is now entering its fourth week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Whether you are Socrates or Yogi Berra, we know “nothing”. Which technically means that we do know something

However, I do know proper grammar.

One thing I do know in this case is that I know nothing about ending a government shutdown.

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Regardless… Is it possible to play games once the government shutdown ends?

Congressional Republicans believed that Oct. Democrats will fold days after funding runs out in the early hours of the 1st. Then Republicans argued that Democrats would cry “uncle” when federal workers missed their first paycheck last week. Later, the GOP suggested that Democrats would shut down the government with “No Kings” rallies across the country last weekend.

The GOP argued that Democrats needed to show their base that they were “fighting” against the president. Donald Trump.

“Now that they’re protesting, I just pray that they come to their senses and reopen the government this week,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., says he “doesn’t see the end in sight.” (Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, DN.Y. He alleged that the reasons why Democrats are blocking the GOP bill to fund the Republican government are constantly changing.

“In a few days, it will be something else,” Jeffries said.

So, as the government shutdown enters its fourth week, we enter an ice age of congressional inaction.

Who would have guessed this?

Then again, who would have guessed that thieves could make off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry inside the Louvre in a historic heist? At least the bandits took our attention away from the government shutdown a bit.

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That said, everyone knows (even if they won’t say it publicly) who will end the government shutdown: Trump.

He’s not just the president. Trump has a dominance over Republicans in Congress that Ronald Reagan could only envy. So until he enters the fray, the government will remain closed.

“Donald Trump definitely needs to get involved. He needs to step aside. Get off the golf course and actually decide to end the shutdown that he’s created and he’s allowed to happen,” Jeffries said.

“Instead of leaving the country before Donald Trump leaves, he should sit down and negotiate with us so that we can deal with this terrible crisis,” it said. Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerDN.Y. “The president should meet with us. It’s not political about me, him or anything. People are in crisis every day.”

President Trump met with Republican lawmakers this week. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The president met with lawmakers this week, holding court with Senate Republicans for lunch in the renovated Rose Garden.

“Did you notice the white marble floor?” Mocked the President.

But Democrats say Trump is stuck with the wrong party. Schumer characterized it as a “Rose Garden pep rally.”

Trump implored Democrats to buckle down — and vote for the GOP spending bill.

“They are being killed at the polls,” he said.

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“Shouldn’t the president be negotiating at this point to end this?” You really asked Johnson.

“We will not pay a ransom to reopen the federal government,” the speaker replied.

“Isn’t sitting down and negotiating with both sides the only key to ending the shutdown?” I countered.

“The Republicans have nothing to offer the Democrats,” Johnson replied.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., meanwhile, said, “Republicans have nothing to offer Democrats.” (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

in fact, Some Republicans Argued that Trump should not even negotiate.

“If I know anything about President Trump, it’s his timing. I think he feels the timing is not right. We’re winning the messaging war,” said Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. “So there will be a time. But the time is not yet.”

It’s unclear when that time will come, given that the government has been shut down for more than three weeks.

And two weeks ago, Republicans grilled Schumer for announcing that things got “better” for Democrats the longer the shutdown lasted, but shutdown fatigue is now setting in on Capitol Hill.

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“Welcome to Day 22 of the Democrats’ Shutdown,” Johnson announced In the current daily press conference delivered by both sides.

“It’s not absorbing,” Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., said on Fox Business about the shutdown.

MLAs are now seeking shutdown daylight.

“Hopefully we’ll resolve this shutdown before the end of the month,” Jeffries said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., hopes the shutdown will be resolved by the end of the month. (Kevin Lamarck/Reuters)

There are concerns about how the shutdown will affect national parks.

“(There are) more negative effects that we would see without regular staffing. The litter would pile up and affect the ecosystem of the park,” said House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, R-Ark.

Both parties are confident they have the upper hand in a shutdown.

“What I heard over and over again on our telephone town halls was ‘You guys don’t give in to these hostage takers,'” Rep. said Mike Simpson, R-Idaho. “I heard it over and over again.”

“It’s resonating with the American people. What I’m hearing from people in Connecticut is ‘hang tough,'” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

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The Senate on Thursday held a test vote on a bill to pay essential workers who are on the job without pay, but Democrats are skeptical.

“I would be in favor of paying federal workers,” said Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. “That bill, unfortunately, gives the president a lot of latitude to pick and choose, or should I say, (White House Budget Director) Russell wants to pick and select (who gets paid).”

So while shutdown fatigue continues, no one knows when it will end.

It is said that knowing what you don’t know is true knowledge.

And if no one knows the ending of the shutdown, that means everyone is pretty smart.