The US government shutdown is entering its third day as Republicans were forced to abandon a planned vote late on Sunday in the absence of sufficient support in the Senate. With the working week beginning today, the impact of the shutdown is expected to be more widely felt. One proposal under discussion by a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday was that a three-week funding bill could be agreed which would be accompanied by a separate debate and legislation potentially on immigration. He argued that issues relating to DACA - the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals scheme which gave protection to dreamers - should be dealt with separately than the funding bill. “We now enter day two of the first real government shutdown ever to take place when one party controlled the presidency, the House and the Senate.

Source: The Irish Times January 22, 2018 06:45 UTC