While Trump and Schumer still debate who is to blame for any government shutdown, NO deal has been made to keep it open.
And the House just adjourned:
House adjourns until 12pm Saturday - without a remedy to the border wall stalemate. This virtually ensures a shutdown at midnight tonight. VP Pence still holding meetings at Capitol.
— John R Parkinson (@jparkABC) December 22, 2018
House adjourns until noon Saturday, assuring a partial government shutdown until at least then. https://t.co/d1J8OdHLrW
— Jared Halpern (@JaredHalpern) December 22, 2018
From CNBC News:
Congress rushed to find a solution for a government shutdown stalemate Friday, as President Donald Trump warned of a “very long” closure if lawmakers did not approve money for his proposed border wall.
Parts of the government will close if Congress cannot pass seven spending bills by midnight Friday. Lawmakers scrambled through the afternoon and into the early evening to break an impasse over whether to fund the barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border.
The deadlock leaves Washington speeding toward its third shutdown this year with no clear resolution in sight. A lapse in funding would likely last through Christmas and into the new year, past when Democrats take control of the House on Jan. 3. It would send the unified Republican government out in a swirl of chaos that marked Trump’s first two years in the White House.
SO… is it a Schumer shutdown or a Trump shutdown? AND WHO WILL BLINK FIRST??!?!
UPDATE: Congress members can’t do math:
JUST IN: Republican House leader informed lawmakers they will be given 24-hour notice before a vote to end shutdown - Democratic aide pic.twitter.com/A17U1eX5M2
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) December 22, 2018
Uh, shutdown is in four and a half hours, fellas. Great job there.
UPDATE: Now the Senators have been told they can leave.
CBS News’ Nancy Cordes reports that senators have been told that they may leave Washington. If a deal is reached between the president and congressional leaders, the Senate would first try to pass it by voice vote or unanimous consent so everyone doesn’t have to come back to the Capitol.
If a roll call vote is needed, senators would be given 24 hours notice to get back. They’ve been told to use “discretion” when deciding whether to get on a plane — in other words, not to fly to Hawaii or other far-flung states if senators don’t think they can get back in time.
That looks like a good ol’fashioned shutdown!! By gar, it’s been a while!!