PakNews: With no deal, U.S. government shutdown likely to drag on past Christmas

Monday, 24 December 2018

With no deal, U.S. government shutdown likely to drag on past Christmas

With no deal in sight on a bill to fund the government, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sent senators home until Thursday. While he said he would call them back if a deal was struck, the decision all but guaranteed a partial shutdown would stretch at least until then. Lawmakers will depart Washington with Trump and Senate Democrats seemingly as entrenched in their positions as ever.