U.S. government heads for shutdown after lawmakers fail to make deal
Saturday, 22 December 2018 The U.S. government was headed towards a partial shutdown at midnight on Friday after President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans in the Senate failed to muster the votes needed to approve $5 billion he has demanded for a border wall fiercely opposed by Democrats.
According to a report by Reuters on Friday, President Donald Trump said there was a good chance the Senate would not approve his demand for 5 billion toward funding a Mexico-US border wall and that there probably would be a partial government shutdown starting at midnight. Lawmakers reportedly...
Southwest Airlines cut its forecast for a key revenue metric, citing weak passenger demand and a $60 million hit to first quarter sales from the partial government shutdown. Fred Katayama reports.
REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines Co cut its forecast for first-quarter revenue per seat mile on Wednesday, citing weak passenger demand and a $60 million hit from the..
The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives vote overwhelmingly to pass a new funding bill, avoiding another government shutdown. The bill contains no money for Donald Trump's border wall, but the..
President Donald Trump plans to go around Congress in an attempt to fund his U.S.-Mexico border wall. According to Reuters, Trump conceded defeat in his demand that Congress provide him with $5.7..
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