The federal government will almost certainly shut down starting midnight tonight, following the failure of last-minute budget negotiations to create a stopgap solution to protect the nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. The nail-biting showdown coincides with the first anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration—a milestone Democrats are portraying as a glaring failure of leadership, given that Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress but were unable to muster the votes to pass the bill. A critical procedural vote needed for the motion to proceed failed around 10:30 p.m.
The Government Will Almost Certainly Shut Down After Failed Vote
Inae Oh, Mother Jones
Fri, 01/19/2018 - 8:45pm
Topics: dreamers president donald trump s congress no jeff flake ariz rand paul ky mike lee utah lindsay graham s.c omb mick mulvaney schumer as mother jones kara voght mar-a-lago democrats republicans white house failed vote government will almost certainly shut federal failure friday shutdown plans
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