Hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded Friday as Democrats refused to budge in a Senate vote and President Donald Trump readied plans to unleash layoffs and cuts across the federal government. After the vote, he said he was flying home to South Dakota for the weekend, adding, “I’ll be available.”The vote showed hardening lines in the Senate. The party has chosen to rally on the issue of health care, believing it could be key to their path back to power in Washington. Their primary demand is that Congress extend tax credits that were boosted during the COVID-19 pandemic for health care plans offered under marketplaces set up under the Affordable Care Act, former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. "Everyone is about to experience dramatically increased premiums, co-pays and deductibles because of the Republican health care crisis.