Shutdown Will Last Until at Least Thursday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Senate “would shutter for legislative business until Thursday, leaving many federal agencies closed until later next week at the earliest,” the Washington Post reports.

“The decision came after President Trump had a lunch with conservative Republicans and dispatched Vice President Pence to the Capitol to make the latest offer to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), a meeting that is ongoing.”

“By shuttering the Senate until then, lawmakers will go home for the holidays as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are left in limbo about their status.”