Congress faces midnight Wednesday deadline to avoid government shutdown as President Donald Trump meets with congressional leaders to negotiate funding deal.
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Theclockistickingtofundgovernment,andsofar,lawmakersdonothaveapathforwardtoavertapartialshutdown.
TheSenatereturnedtoWashington,D.C.,onMonday,andcongressionalleadersareslatedtomeetwithPresidentDonaldTrumptonegotiateadealonfundingthegovernment.Butthelastweekhasseenbothsidespointthefingeratwhowouldownclosingthegovernment.
LawmakershaveuntilmidnightWednesdaytopassashort-termfundingextension,orelsethegovernmentwillclose.Andifitdoes,itwouldbethethirdshutdownunderTrump.
AgovernmentshutdownhappenswhenCongresscanneitherpassall12appropriationsbillsneededtofundthegovernment,norpassacontinuingresolution(CR),whichtypicallykeepsfundinglevelsstaticwhilelawmakershustletofinishtheirworkonspendingbills.
SCHUMER,DEMOCRATSFACEHEATFORSHIFTINGSTANCEONGOVERNMENTSHUTDOWNTHREAT
Since1980,therehavebeen10governmentshutdowns.Onlythreehavehappenedsincetheturnofthecentury.
