WASHINGTON (7News) — The government shutdown has entered its 11th day. During the shutdown, some federal workers, including military members, will not be paid despite being required to work, and mass firings of federal workers started on Friday.

One expert said that the shutdown is likely going to continue for a while.

“It’s frustrating, and I think it’s probably indicative that we are likely to be in the long haul for the shutdown. I mean, keep in mind that the last shutdown prior to this one lasted 34 days, and I think there seems to be little appetite and little desire on either side to compromise,” co-director of the transatlantic Policy Center at American University Dr. Garrett Martin Hurst said in an earlier interview with 7News.

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“I think both sides believe that they still have enough to gain from the shutdown, rather than to try to compromise,” said Hurst, who is also a senior professorial lecturer.

President Donald Trump said the layoffs will impact “a lot of people. He also said it’s all because of Democrats.

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Before the shutdown began on Oct. 1, the Trump Administration directed all federal agencies to submit reduction-in-force plans to the budget office for review.

“From his perspective… It’s a form of leverage that it basically would inflict pain and inflict pain on democratic states. We’ve seen the canceled energy projects were really targeted at blue states,” said Hurst.

One reason for the continuing stalemate is a battle over the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Democrats want an extension for tax credits designed to lower the costs of healthcare for low-to-middle income people who use ACA for their insurance.

“With these subsidies, the healthcare premium costs are likely to go up for a number of millions of Americans, and particularly the more vulnerable Americans. So I think that’s something that is very concrete at a time when the cost of living has still been going up significantly,” said Hurst.

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