As shutdown nears, Trump and Congress gripped in a 'test of wills'

The government lurched closer to a shutdown Friday in what some lawmakers saw as a test of wills between President Donald Trump and Congress over a $5 billion down payment on the president's long-promised border wall. Shortly before 6 p. m. , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. , acknowledged the impasse and announced that the Senate would halt consideration of any government spending bill until both houses of Congress and President Trump could agree on a single path forward. Path to Full Story on 29 Eyewitness News

Posted: Friday Dec-21-2018 6:00 PM

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