{"id":72053,"date":"2018-12-22T11:24:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T10:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=72053"},"modified":"2018-12-22T11:25:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T10:25:01","slug":"partial-shutdown-of-us-government-looms-after-spending-deal-fails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=72053","title":{"rendered":"Partial shutdown of US government looms after spending deal fails"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US government is heading towards a partial shutdown after Republicans in the Senate failed to secure the votes needed to approve $5bn demanded by Donald Trump for a border wall.<\/p>\n

Vice President Mike Pence and White House officials were on Capitol Hill on Friday night trying to broker a compromise over funding for the wall on the Mexico border, which is staunchly opposed by Democrats.<\/p>\n

Without a deal, funding for around 25% of the government will expire at midnight (5am GMT).<\/p>\n

Nine cabinet-level departments and dozens of agencies, including homeland security, transportation, interior, agriculture, state and justice will be affected by the shutdown.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump had said any impending shutdown could last “a very long time” as he blamed Democrats over the failure to agree a deal on spending.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week he said: “This is our only chance that we’ll ever have, in my opinion, because of the world and the way it breaks out, to get great border security.”<\/p>\n

But on Friday, he stressed he hoped the shutdown would not last long. In a video on his Twitter account he said: “We’re going to have a shutdown. There’s nothing we can do about that because we need the Democrats to give us their votes.”<\/p>\n

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Tensions were already high after the resignation of Jim Mattis<\/span><\/figcaption>Democrats will take control of the House in January, and oppose major funding for construction of any wall along the border with Mexico.<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Congress had been on track to fund the government, but changed direction when Mr Trump – after criticism from conservative supporters – declared he would not sign a bill if it did not include billions to fund the wall.<\/p>\n

He said: “We’re totally prepared for a very long shutdown,” adding there was strong support for border security “the barrier, wall or steel slats – it’s all the same”.<\/p>\n

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told the Senate: “President Trump has thrown a temper tantrum and now has us careening towards a ‘Trump shutdown’ over Christmas.<\/p>\n

“You’re not getting the wall today, next week or on January 3rd, when Democrats take control of the House.”<\/p>\n

A partial government shutdown would see staff at affected agencies limited to those deemed “essential” to public safety.<\/p>\n

Those workers, including US border agents, would not get paid until the dispute was resolved.<\/p>\n

The wall was a key promise during Mr Trump’s 2016 election campaign, which he insisted would be paid for by Mexico.<\/p>\n

It comes amid tension in Washington following Mr Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, which prompted the resignation of defence secretary Jim Mattis<\/strong>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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