The bipartisan group of rank-and-file senators who have been negotiating a way out of the shutdown are mulling over a number of modifications to the bill. Lawmakers are expected to attempt to change the date that the short-term extension of government funding expires to a yet-to-be-determined later day.

Estimates of the economic hit from the U.S. government shutdown put the losses at up to $16 billion every week the impasse continues.

Tammy Baldwin (D., Wis.) and other Democrats who had repeatedly blocked a Republican-backed bill to fund the government through Nov. 21 said they could support the approach.Senate Republicans said the offer was a sign that Democrats were caving.

N.Y., has proposed a new deal that could bring an end to the longest government shutdown on record. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports from Capitol Hill on what the proposal includes and what the next step could be for lawmakers.

A federal appeals court on Friday denied a Trump administration request to temporarily block a lower court ruling requiring the government to fully fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program amid the government shutdown.

Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low in November, a month into the government shutdown, led by pessimism in both personal finances and anticipated business conditions

Some property owners are finding private flood insurance cheaper but consumer advocates eye the private flood market warily.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history continues to disrupt economic data releases with the October jobs report delayed until after the shutdown ends.