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Schumer: Trump Holding Federal Employees ‘Hostage’ [jwp-video n=”1″] “Hopefully we can get there Friday,” McCarthy said, referring to congressional leaders and White House officials having
“We are in a shutdown because Democrats refuse to fund border security,” Trump said even though Democratic leaders have floated over $1 billion in such dollars for the rest of the fiscal year.
Pelosi Seeks a Return to Regular Order, Like Many Before Her [jwp-video n=”1″] Way out for Republicans? The House legislation has the support of Senate Democratic Leader Charles E.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Trump began threatening to shut down the government if he didn’t get his funding months ago. In a Dec. 11 meeting with Senate Minority Leader Charles E.
Next year our annual deficit is projected to top $1 trillion. We can’t afford to keep financing the provision of government services by borrowing more and more money.
2018 in 5 Minutes: The Best of Congressional Hits and Misses [jwp-video n=”1″] Lawmakers involved in the talks and analysts already since the Trump-Pelosi immigration brawl could keep the
2018 in 5 Minutes: The Best of Congressional Hits and Misses [jwp-video n=”1″] President Donald Trump has said he wants at least $5 billion in funding for a border wall for fiscal 2019, but
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Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 27, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1; The next morning, the president was back on Twitter threatening Democrats — less than a week away from being forced to negotiate
But since the military pay schedule is different — the pre-shutdown pay period was Dec. 1-15 — Coast Guard members initially wouldn’t have gotten paid for work they did through Dec. 21.
Those workers, plus those who are currently either furloughed or working without pay, would receive pay raises of 1.9 percent starting Jan. 1 under the Senate’s fiscal 2019 Financial Services spending
[jwp-video n=”1″] Niels Lesniewski contributed to this report.
At the White House, the door that leads to both White House press offices remained locked at 1:30 p.m.; the press office called a travel-photo lid just before 1 p.m., sending the day’s press pool home
‘We’re Punctual People, We’re On Time,’ Senate Carolers and Holiday Shutdown Showdown: Congressional Hits and Misses [jwp-video n=”1″] The agency provided a sample letter to creditors, mortgage
to safeguard the identities of U.S. special operation forces, especially when deployed to a combat zone. https://t.co/UOQjskCJsn — VoteVets (@votevets) December 27, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1;
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018 var rcrdTwitter = 1; The only problem our economy has is the Fed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was off 653 points in a truncated trading day that ended at 1 p.m.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; ….going to be there for three months, and that was seven years ago – we never left.
Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2018var rcrdTwitter = 1; This is about the Republicans’ far-right flank and Democrats’ far-left faction.
Dean DeChiaro, Ellyn Ferguson, Jim Saksa and Andrew Siddons contributed to this report.Watch: What Really Happens During a Government Shutdown, Explained [jwp-video n=”1″]