#government shutdown

#government shutdown

It's unclear they have the votes to pass it. The stopgap bill extends current funding levels for federal agencies for seven weeks and adds $58 million to boost security for the federal judiciary and for executive branch officials, following a request from the White House. Republican leaders in the House added another $30 million to increase resources that lawmakers can use for their own security.

"There was anticipatory anger rooted in what went down in March ... Schumer was named explicitly," one House Democrat told Axios on the condition of anonymity to offer details of the private meeting. "The overriding concern was that Senate Democrats will get cold feet. Schumer can't sh*t the bed." A spokesperson for Schumer did not respond to a request for comment.

As Labor Day rallies took place across the US, the Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson sharply denounced the Trump administration's threat to deploy federal troops to the city as part of an immigration crackdown. No federal troops in the city of Chicago, said Johnson on Monday to a gathered crowd at the Workers over Billionaires demonstration in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. Johnson added: We're going to defend our democracy we're going to protect the humanity of every single person in the city of Chicago.