The federal government is getting increasingly close to a shutdown after Republicans did not manage to get enough votes to pass a slimmed-down initiative on Thursday despite it being supported by President-elect Donald Trump.
Key to its demise was the opposition of 38 Republicans. "Why would we give Joe Biden more money this late in his administration?" said Rep. Bob Good after voting against the bill. "The money intended for disaster victims should have been paid for, there should have been offsets."
