Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday morning after Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating.

But senators from both parties were scrambling for a new deal to reopen the government quickly, possibly just hours after the midnight deadline passed.

With just 50 senators voting in favor, Senate Republican leaders fell well short of the 60 votes necessary to proceed on the spending measure, which had passed the House on Thursday. As the clock ticked toward midnight, when funding for the government was set to expire, senators huddled on the floor of the crowded Senate chamber, searching for some way forward.

But even if the Senate had adopted such a bill, it would also have had to pass the House, and lawmakers simply ran out of time. The government shutdown was one year to the day after President Trump took office.

“Senate Democrats own the Schumer Shutdown,” the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said in a statement. “Tonight, they put politics above our national security, military families, and our country’s ability to serve all Americans.”

Democrats countered that Republicans were responsible for the management of a government in their control.

“A Republican president occupies the White House, and Republicans hold the majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate,” said Representative Nita Lowey, Democrat of New York. “It is outrageous that, even with unified control of government, the majority could not chart a course toward keeping the government open, the most basic responsibility of Congress.”

The Senate’s vote, late Friday night, came after a day of budget brinkmanship in Washington that included a last-minute negotiating session between Mr. Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader. The 90-minute meeting produced progress, both men said, but no deal. Just hours later, it appeared to collapse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/19/us/politics/senate-showdown-government-shutdown-trump.html

The children of Medina will never overcome we the children of the Jew


God bless Israel our ancestral home

Double wahala

Laughing in shitolic language.

It's nothing new. Nigeria is on total shutdown since year 2015.


Ask Nigerians how they survive till date. They'd tell you " it's the DUNCE's doing and it's MYSTERIOUS in our heart".


They're invited for a crash course on survival.


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The moment it took that thing several months to appoint cabinet members, it became apparent Nigeria is on a Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong thing

GetUmad:
It's nothing new. Nigeria �� has shut down since year 2015.

savage

Roll the carpets for alarmists...

ok

Really?

Na waoo.

When will it be Nigeria's turn.. When will it be Nigeria's turn..

what can I say

Gomina

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

The topic got me confused for a minute!

Hehehehhehehehehe

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Democrats keep politicising everything and the republicans unfortunately can't unite.

shutting down based on say their battery don die abi? no be new thing na,9ja never dey on since independence let alone shutting down

Ok

At the end Trump will conquer

Ok we heard...

Lol, for all u trump lovers. Behold ur god just single handedly destroyed the world best economy and government, shithole president
Cant even make a republican exec work with a republican legislative controlled house pathetic

Huh?

Gbam

I don't seem to understand well enough, can someone explain better.

When The Parliament and Executive don't seem to agree with the amount of money assigned to operate the government and all agencies. Then the government shuts down.

When the government don't agree with the budget padding, so to say

Look at the comments above me. This news is far beyond the intelligence of most nairalanders, hence the senseless comments

designVATExcel:
Democrats keep politicising everything and the republicans unfortunately can't unite.

Republicans are actually confused. They don't know whether to follow the party decisions or their conscience. Afterall they are humans too start with before becoming politicians.

hh