US government shutdown looms as Senate short of votes for spending bill

Trump announced he was ending the program and giving Congress until March 5 to come up with a legislative replacement.

The U.S. Senate was short of the votes needed to approve a bill to keep the federal government running as a midnight deadline loomed on Friday night, although high-level negotiations continued. In a dramatic late-night session, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell left voting open despite appea

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