Watch dwell as Democratic chief Jeffries, Whip Clark, Caucus Chair Aguilar maintain a information convention on the federal government shutdown.
The US authorities has shut down for the primary time in nearly seven years after last-ditch Senate votes on funding plans fell quick.
Hundreds of hundreds of federal employees deemed not important for shielding folks or property – akin to regulation enforcement personnel – might be furloughed or laid off after the shutdown started at midnight (5am UK time).
Critical companies, together with social safety funds and the postal service, will maintain working however might undergo from employee shortages, whereas nationwide parks and museums might be among the many sectors that shut utterly.
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