US government shuts down over funding disagreement
The US government has shut down after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement on how to extend federal funding. This is the first government shut down in six years, the last one during President Donald Trump’s first term.
President Donald Trump’s Republican Party controls both chambers of Congress, but it needs Democratic support to pass a bill in the Senate, where 60 votes are required. And the two parties failed to craft a bipartisan bill, with the Senate rejecting both a GOP proposal and a Democratic proposal just hours before the shutdown deadline.
Federal employees will go without pay for the duration of a shutdown, while members of Congress and Trump will still receive their salaries. About 750,000 employees will be furloughed each day, the Congressional Budget Office said, while others who work essential jobs, like Transportation Security Administration agents, air traffic controllers, federal law enforcement officers and members of the military, will be forced to work without pay. #shutdown #USpolitics #politics #DonaldTrump #government
