“President Trump has thrown a temper tantrum and now has us careening towards a ‘Trump shutdown’ over Christmas,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Friday. Federal parks will close and more than 400,000 federal “essential” employees in those agencies will work without pay until the dispute is resolved. IMPASSEFor the shutdown to end, both the House and the Senate will have to approve any deal negotiated between Trump’s team and Republican and Democratic leaders. The shutdown could persist at least until a new Congress convenes on January 3, and Democrats take control of the House from Republicans. While Trump made the promise of building a border wall a fixture of his 2016 election campaign, it is not a top-tier priority for most Americans.

Source: Hindustan Times December 22, 2018 02:06 UTC