Congress Has Less Than 24 Hours To Avert A Shutdown. The Odds Don’t Look Good

By Sarah Ferris, Arlette Saenz, Manu Raju, Morgan Rimmer, CNN

(CNN) — With less than 24 hours until a possible government shutdown, Senate Republicans will give Democrats a final chance to support their plan to keep the lights on at midnight. But inside the Capitol, few believe that Democrats are ready to yield.

The bitter stalemate between Republicans and Democrats in recent weeks — largely centered around billions of dollars in enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies — now appears likely to result in the first government funding lapse of President Donald Trump’s second administration.

Any hope for an eleventh-hour deal was lost Monday afternoon, after a high-stakes meeting in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump and top congressional leaders led to no progress in the funding tal