Congress seems to be headed for the first government shutdown in more than four years, with Republicans and Democrats at an impasse over government funding and the fates of young illegal immigrants facing deportation.
Though House Republicans voted Thursday night to keep the government open, the real drama is in the closely divided Senate, where it’s unclear what, if anything, can clear the chamber’s supermajority threshold. The Senate couldn’t even agree on holding a vote on Thursday night, adjourning after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spurned Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s request to hold a vote and, assuming it failed, restart bipartisan negotiations on immigration and government spending levels.
Representative Sean Duffy from the 7th Congressional district in Wisconsin joined Dan and Amy to talk about the debate over DACA and the potential for a government shutdown at midnight: