As of 7:00 PM eastern U.S. Time, the US Senate has taken its final vote for the day and is going home. No Budget Bill has been passed and as such, no part of the US Government can continue to operate because Congress has not appropriated the money. The US Government SHUTS-DOWN tonight at Midnight.
It is being called the "Schumer Shutdown" because Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has caved-in to the radical left-wing, and is demanding, among other things, almost $1 TRILLION in spending to give ILLEGAL ALIENS free healthcare!
Democrats want all the spending cuts implemented by President Trump, reversed. Republicans simply refuse to do that.
At about 7:00 PM tonight, when it was clear legislative voting was finished for today, the Office of Management and Budget sent out a memo to all government agencies telling them to commence a government shut down:
