Republicans are seeking a bill to temporarily extend federal spending at current levels without any add-ons. Democrats are pushing to extend expiring subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans. Democrats have also said they want to reverse Medicaid cuts that President Donald Trump signed into law this summer.

The 10-point memo demands that schools cap international undergrad enrollment at 15% and ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions among other requirements.

The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

Congress and the White House have days to fund the government and avert a disruptive and potentially costly lapse in funding.

Photos capture some of the early effects after the federal government went into a partial shutdown at midnight on Oct. 1.

Federal agencies have started rolling out contingency plans, scaling back services and furloughing thousands of workers.