WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget battle shows no signs of easing, with lawmakers from both parties suggesting that the partial government shutdown could last for weeks.

The shutdown was sparked by a fight over Republican efforts to kill or delay the new health care law, by inserting the measure in an emergency spending bill.

Now Republicans are proposing bills to keep open small slices of government, but Democrats are rejecting the idea.

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