As the standoff in Wisconsin rages on, two new nationwide polls indicate more people support the public sector union workers over the state's Republican governor in the battle over collective bargaining rights.
A Washington Post-Pew Research Center survey says that Americans are divided over whom to blame if there's a government shutdown.
A poll suggests there is a gender gap on whether a government shutdown would be a good or bad thing for the country
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