(The Center Square) -Despite the government shutdown dragging on for three weeks, Republican leaders remain convinced that Democrats will eventually fold on their health care demands and vote to restore federal funding. The government shuttered Oct. 1 after Democratic Senators refused to provide the seven necessary votes for Republicans’ Continuing Resolution that would extend federal funding levels until Nov. 21. They’ve never done this before, nobody has – you always vote for an extension,” Trump said. The Democrats want something that’s totally untenable,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters later. The current shutdown is already the longest full shutdown and third-longest partial shutdown in American history.