Welcome to the programme. Last ditch efforts are being made in the us senate to prevent a shutdown of the government. Existing funding expires at midnight local time. After holding a private meeting with President Trump at the white house, the leader of the democrats in the senate, chuck schumer, said there had been some progress in averting the shutdown. Sarah corker reports. It is going down to the wire. The was government stance on the brink ofa was government stance on the brink of a shutdown for the First Time Since 2013. With democrats and republicans fighting bitterly over a funding dealforfederal institutions. The senate is due to vote on it in the next hour. At the centre of all of this, a row of immigration, the so called dreamers. Democrats have demanded the bill include protection from deportation to 700,000 young undocumented immigrants that came to the us as children. And the blame game is in full swing, both parties blaming each other for the impasse, full swing, both pa
Within the past half hour the us senate has voted down a spending bill and a Government Shutdown looks very likely. Senators failed to back a stopgap motion which would temporarily keep Government Departments going for another four weeks. So now, unless a compromise can be found in the next hour, many parts of Us Government will shut down, although essential Services Including National Security and air Traffic Control will continue. Lets go live to washington now and our correspondent, david willis. David, time is pretty much up . Yes. Dramatic events unfolding here in the Nations Capital right now. The vote has been projected in the senate. The republicans, who tabled that financial extension, failing to get the support they needed, the additional support, from democrats in the upper house, having passed this bill in the lower house last night, thursday night, here. So u nless night, thursday night, here. So unless some sort of compromise is reached within the next. What, less tha n r
Welcome to the programme. President trump has warned that hopes are fading that congress would agree a deal to pass a temporary budget and avert a government shutdown. The us senate is due to vote this hour. He says it is not looking good for a great military or security on the very dangerous southern border. The democrats want a shutdown in order to help diminish the Great Success of the tax cut and what they are doing for our booming economy. The senate is due to vote this power. Existing funding expires at midnight local time. Thats just two hours away. Lets get the latest from our correspondent david willis in washington. David, President Trump sounding rather less optimistic now . Yes, that tweet you mentioned, duncan, in sharp contrast to the much more up beat mood of the president appeared to be injust beat mood of the president appeared to be in just four also beat mood of the president appeared to be injust four also hours earlier when he talked about excellent luminary meetin
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