21-12-2018 23:12 via news.yahoo.com

U.S. government shutdown looms as lawmakers seek last-minute compromise

President Donald Trump said on Friday there was a good chance the Senate would not approve his demand for $5 billion towards funding his long-demanded border wall and that there probably would be a partial U.S. government shutdown at midnight.Lawmakers scrambled to find an 11th-hour solution to avert the potential shutdown, meeting with Vice President Mike Pence and senior White House officials.Negotiators in the Senate were discussing legislation that would include $1.6 billion in border securi
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