Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey speak ahead of the Senate's 10th vote on funding to reopen the government as the shutdown hits Day 16.

Representative Kevin Kiley of California has criticized his own party for keeping the House out of session during the shutdown.

The standoff has lasted over two weeks, leaving hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed, even more without a guaranteed payday and Congress essentially paralyzed.

CNN is putting on a high-stakes event: “Shutdown America: A CNN Town Hall with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.”