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Democrats disagree, and say a wall would be a massive waste of money in the face of groups of impoverished migrants attempting to cross from Central America to the US. He will not get a wall.

Democrats do not take the majority in the House of Representatives until next month, but their support is needed to pass any spending legislation. Once they have the majority, they are likely to be able to pass a funding bill without money for the wall in the House — but the Republican-controlled Senate could block it. To join the conversation, please Log in. Don't have an account? Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout.

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Log in No account? Sign up Log out news. Video Image Donald Trump threatened with impeachment and jail time 1: As long as it takes. Congressional leaders from both parties have to reach an agreement to fund the government. In the shutdown, roughly , employees were furloughed per day, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

The president, presidential appointees and members of Congress are exempt. Americans will still be able to get their Social Security and Medicare benefits and food stamps.

However, people expecting VA benefits, unemployment benefits, farm subsidies and tax refunds may experience delays. An employee loses their paycheck at the time he or she needs it," Goldwein said. But he is expected to gain Senate confirmation by the end of the year to run the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the troubled government backstop for people whose pension plans have become insolvent.

White House senior adviser Stephen Miller is a well-known immigration hard-liner in the Trump administration. The failures of his predecessors and the daunting year ahead did not deter Mick Mulvaney, who has spent several months openly lobbying for the job.

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Chief of staff to President Donald Trump was seen by many as the job that no one wanted, a thankless post with an impossible mission. But when Trump soured on his former chief, John Kelly, Mick Mulvaney didn't see a quagmire — he saw his next gig. He had a backup plan, too, pitching himself as a potential successor to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the event Mnuchin was tapped to be Trump's chief of staff.

The midterm election results had barely finished trickling in when Chuck Schumer began preparing for a head-on collision with President Donald Trump over the border wall.

Pritzker and Ron DeSantis, appeared to backtrack on Thursday, writing in a tweet: President Donald Trump is mulling the prospect of making a counter-offer to Democratic leaders that would prevent a partial government shutdown and kick the border wall fight into next year, according to two sources familiar with the negotiations. While the specifics of that offer are unclear, Republicans on Capitol Hill are increasingly considering a two-week stop-gap that would fund the government into January.

Roughly a quarter of the federal government will shut down next Friday absent a bipartisan deal. Tune in each week to geek out with us as we dive deep into the political landscape and the latest numbers that matter.