Kevin Lamarque | Reuters
President Donald Trump speaks with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2018.
Funding for nine departments, including Homeland Security, Justice and State, will lapse after midnight. While essential law enforcement officers and other employees would stay on the job, many would not get paid during the shutdown.
Trump has promised to “take the mantle” and be “proud” if funding lapses without funding for the wall. House Republicans, knowing funding for the barrier would not get through both chambers, approved their bill Thursday after Trump threatened to veto the Senate-passed measure without wall money.
In a string of tweets Friday, Trump again laid out his case for the barrier and pressured Democrats to back it. He admitted Democrats “will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED.” The party has called the wall proposal inhumane, and even many Republicans have joined it in calling the possible barrier ineffective.
“If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time,” the president wrote.
In a subsequent tweet, the president wrote: “Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!”
Before the House voted Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reiterated that his party will not approve wall funding. “Everyone knows” the House bill “will not pass the Senate,” the New York Democrat said.
A “Trump temper tantrum will shut down the government, but it will not get him his wall,” Schumer said.
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