The Republican Majority's Last Act: A Government Shutdown
There is no agreement in sight between congressional leaders and President Trump.
The federal government partially shut down on Friday evening, its second closure of the year, as congressional leaders and the White House began a new round of negotiations. The talks represent the final act of unified Republican control in Washington—and a bookend to showdowns of years past over federal spending and immigration.
With President Donald Trump dug in on funding for a southern border wall, a shutdown of the nine federal departments Congress hasn’t already funded for 2019 appeared inevitable for most of
