However Democratic and Republican senators have so far largely traded blame for the shutdown. The Republicans currently have 51 senators and would need some Democratic support to pass a budget. On Monday the closure of many federal services will be felt around the country and hundreds of thousands of federal staff face unpaid leave. This is his shutdown," Democratic Senator Dick Durbin told the CBS network. And the Trump administration said it planned to keep national parks open -- their closure in the 2013 shutdown provoked an angry public reaction.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2018 06:00 UTC