| | | | | View in your browser | | |  | | | | | | Shutdown looms as Trump, GOP dig in on wall | Congress is locked in a chaotic standoff over President Trump’s border wall, raising the odds of a government shutdown as the House and Senate barrel toward a midnight Saturday deadline.
The funding fight was kicked back to the Senate on Thursday night after House Republicans easily approved a measure adding more than $5 billion for the border as well as disaster recovery money to a seven-week continuing resolution (CR) bill.
The Senate will come into session Friday at noon, giving Congress only 12 hours to prevent a partial lapse in funding as both sides are digging in and ratcheting up their shutdown rhetoric. | | Read the full story here | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Did a friend forward you this email? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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