This Friday a government shutdown is looming in the United States at midnight. It would be the first such occurrence in 4 years.
A government shutdown happens when the President and Congress do not pass appropriations legislation which would allow for the funding of different agencies and government functions.
Democrats are demanding concessions from the President in order to raise the debt ceiling and thus prevent a shutdown of the government, which occurred twice under President Obama (in 2011 and 2013).
The main points of contention are the Children`s Health Insurance Program and the non deportation of so-called dreamers, both of these issues are of vital importance to the democratic minority.
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