WASHINGTON — With no votes expected to take place this weekend, the next chance for Congress to end the partial government shutdown will come Monday.
What You Need To Know • With no votes expected to take place this weekend, the next chance for Congress to end the partial government shutdown will come Monday • President Donald Trump has embraced the federal shutdown as an "unprecedented opportunity" to slash spending and shrink government • His administration has slashed billions in clean energy and transit funding in places like California and Illinois • Republicans in Congress believe they hold the upper hand in four-day-old stalemate, as Democrats voted against measures to keep the government open because they want to attach additional policy measures • But some in the GOP fe