SF politics
fromAxios
19 hours agoRepublicans turn ballroom fight into referendum on Trump's safety
Funding is framed as a security measure to equip the Secret Service for protecting the president amid recent assassination attempts.
Republicans are claiming that the US president, Donald Trump, is desperate to end the government shutdown, which has now entered its 33rd day, as lawmakers struggle to find common ground on previously bipartisan issues such as food aid and health care. The last shutdown, which started in December 2018 and was brought about by disagreements over money to fund a wall along the US-Mexico border, lasted 35 days the longest in American history.