If no breakthrough is reached, the shutdown would occur over the Christmas holiday, when most lawmakers flee the US Capitol, leaving Washington red-faced at the end of the year. By AFPMore by this AuthorWASHINGTON,An intensifying spending standoff sent US lawmakers scrambling Monday to avert a partial government shutdown, with Republican and Democratic leaders deadlocked over President Donald Trump's demands for border wall funding. In fact, the only indication he has given is that he wants a government shutdown," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "His temper tantrum will get him a shutdown, but it will not get him a wall," Schumer said. Should a shutdown occur, it would be relatively limited, as Congress has already funded 75 percent of government operations through September.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2018 04:30 UTC