Biden Cancels Trip to Rally Dems on Eve of Infrastructure Vote

Congress is close to running out of time to avoid a government shutdown amid a partisan divide over federal funding and an extension to the debt ceiling.

The Senate was unable to pass a federal funding bill on Monday after it received a 48 to 50 vote with Republicans in opposition. The bill included an extension to the debt ceiling, which Republicans have said they oppose.

If the federal funding bill is not passed by Thursday at midnight, the federal government will face a partial shutdown. The shutdown will mean that federal museums, parks and other nonessential services halt operations until a funding deal is reached.

The last time the government failed to come to an agreement before the deadline was December 2018 to January 2019.

The White House announced that President Joe Biden has postponed his planned Wednesday trip to Chicago so he can stay in Washington D.C. and lobby Democrats to pass $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion "human infrastructure" reconciliation bill, according to Gary Martin.