"No country can afford to pay for illegal immigration, healthcare for everybody that comes into the country. And that's what they [Democrats] are insisting. They want open borders. They want men playing in women's sports. They want transgender for everybody. They never stop. They don't learn. We won an election in the landslide. They just don't learn. So we have no choice. I have to do that for the country."
"In a polarized Washington, with the chambers narrowly divided, shutdown threats have become a feature of recent congressional budget battles. A standoff in 2018, during Trump's first term, resulted in a 34-day shutdown, the longest in the modern era. At the time, roughly 800,000 of the federal government's 2.1 million employees were sidelined without pay. Senate Republicans have scheduled another round of votes on the two funding bills on Wednesday morning, with the stated goal of giving Democrats an opportunity to change their minds."
A US government shutdown was triggered when lawmakers failed to reach a funding agreement before the 1 October fiscal-year deadline. Democrats and Republicans angrily blamed each other and refused to compromise as the midnight ET deadline passed. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers faced furloughs or layoffs as funding lapsed. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of trying to bully Democrats by refusing to negotiate extensions for healthcare benefits and other priorities. Senate majority leader John Thune said Republicans would not be held hostage by Democratic demands. Former president Donald Trump warned he would have to lay off federal workers and linked the dispute to immigration and social issues. Senate Republicans scheduled another round of votes on the two funding bills to give Democrats an opportunity to change their minds.
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