The government shutdown will begin Thursday, Sept. 30, at midnight, when government funding expires, if Congress does not strike a deal to settle the debt limit.
Although the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the government through December, legislators tied the funding bill to a provision that would address the nation’s debt ceiling.
With the Senate split 50-50, Democrats need 10 Republicans to support legislation that raises the debt ceiling. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell remains staunch in his position that no one in his caucus will support the legislation, according to The Washington Post.
This is not the first time the government has been shut down. Between Dec. 2018 and Jan. 2019, the government shut down for 35 days over a congressional clash on funding for former President Donald Trump’s plans for a wall on the U.S. southern border.
And in 2013, the government shut down under the Obama administration for 16 days over a dispute over the Affordable Care Act and other disagreements about the budget.
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