24th and ended 21 hours later. so with no budget deal, by midnight on october 1st, the government shutdown took affect. four days later the house voted to pay furloughed federal workers after the shutdown ends. but on october 8th, the pressure began to mount with finger .ing -- finger-pointing over failed debt ceiling negotiations. the next day the house voted to pay for halted death benefits to military families. the president signed the measure into law on thursday. that same day, house republicans proposed a short-term proposal raising the debt ceiling by six weeks. yesterday senate republicans had their turn proposing ways to end the stalemate. that brings us to today. the house and the senate are holding sessions earlier this morning and wrapping and still month deal in sight on day 12 of the government shutdown. >> despite the shutdown several states are deciding to go ahead and open national parks and federal programs.