The rare weekend session underscores the pressure both parties are facing to reopen the government, but both sides showed little sign of budging from their demands.

The Senate will again gather at the Capitol on Sunday in an attempt to negotiate an end to the now 40-day government shutdown, after a rare Saturday session yielded little progress despite

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo’s special session proclamation would need to include language allowing the Legislature to take such action.

Despite a huge amount of campaign spending, Washington Republicans appear to have failed in picking up an additional Senate seat in Tuesday’s election. Democratic state Sen. Deb Krishnadasan was holding off Republican Rep.

Republicans say any vote on extra Obamacare subsidies would come only after the Senate resumes funding. The president has his own ideas to redirect the health insurance money.

This special session follows a recent Chancery Court ruling, which ruled in favor of legislative efforts from this past summer.