Lindsey Graham says Dems will strike a deal on shutdown

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GREENVILLE — The government shutdown is disruptive and inconvenient for South Carolinians, Sen. Lindsey Graham said Oct. 6, but the state’s senior senator expects to find a breakthrough with Democrats this week. “There are more and more Democrats understanding this is not working for them,” the Upstate senator told local reporters in Greenville before flying back to Washington, D.C., where senators are tasked with striking a deal to fund the federal government and end a shutdown that has reverberated across the country. The shutdown began at midnight Sept. 30 after two proposals failed: one a Democratic measure to extend health...