Shutdown Day 19: Republicans try to keep focus on stalemate amid 'No Kings' protests

Congressional Republicans on Saturday angled to keep focus on the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, even as demonstrators marched to the National Mall and in events across Long Island and the nation during a "No Kings" protest..
On Sunday, the federal agency closure was to move into its 20th day. If not resolved by Monday, it will officially become the third-longest in history.
“Holding the government hostage and marching alongside communists while our troops and officers go unpaid isn’t loving America — it’s betraying it,” declared one of dozens of postings Saturday by the official House Republican account,
But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) – declaring in an X-posting he was “proudly marching” at the events in New York City – included photos of himself holding a sign bearing the central mantra for Democrats in shutdown face-off: “Fix The Health Care Crisis”
Meanwhile. Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee Saturday blasted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following a New York Times report her department has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Noem and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million, according to documents.
Top committee Democrat Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) released a statement saying the purchase was rejected by Congress earlier this year and, “The fact that she’s doing it during a federal government shutdown while most of the DHS workforce is working without pay is completely vile.”
The Senate on Friday failed for a 10th time to advance a House-passed bill that would start dollars reflowing and reopen agencies. Senate Democrats continued to hold-out their needed votes for demands that language be added to extend the life of Obamacare tax credits, due to expire at the end of the year.
But there was some new discussion from Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) late in the week that suggested conversations were happening about a potential separate vote on that issue, and how that would happen.
The Senate is scheduled to reconvene and vote on Monday for the 11th time on the House legislation to end the shutdown.
As of Saturday, however, the House planned under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.,) to remain out of session, as part of a Johnson strategy geared to wait-out Senate Democratic action on the funding bill. The House has not voted since Sept. 19. 
The judicial branch announced that starting on Monday, it will no longer have enough funding to keep up regular operations. Federal judges will serve, but court staff and some activities may be limited.