CNN： The U.S. government will partially close its doors in the early hours of the 22nd, the third time in this year.

　　[Global Network News reporter Zhao Yanlong] Because the US Congress and the White House have not reached an agreement on the funding of the Trump border wall plan, the US government will partially close at 00:01 am local time on the 22nd.

　　CNN reported on the 21st that the US government will partially shut down at midnight on the 21st (local time). This will be the first time in 40 years that the government has closed down three times in a year.

　　The Associated Press said that after the House of Representatives adjourned for one hour, the Senate adjourned, and there was no agreement on spending, which ensured that the government would be partially closed from midnight on Friday (21st local time).

　　Why do you want to close the door?

　　US President Trump insisted that Congress pass a $5 billion "US-Mexico wall construction budget" in order to start building a wall on the US-Mexico border. But at first, Trump promised that the money would be paid by Mexicans, but now he asks American taxpayers to pay. In this regard, the Democratic Party and some Republicans are opposed, arguing that the cost of building a wall is not enough to stop the influx of illegal immigrants. In addition, there are disputes between the two parties on the other seven federal budgets, which leads to the dystocia of the federal budget. When the budget is not passed, the government will close some institutions and temporarily stop providing "non-essential services", and the relevant government employees will stop paying wages to reduce expenses.

　　Trump: The closure of the government depends on the Democratic Party.

　　Just when the outside world thought that US President Trump had softened his position on the budget of the US-Mexico border wall in order to avoid government closure, the situation suddenly changed on the 20th. Washington post said on the 21st that Trump said earlier on the 20th that he would not sign the spending bill that did not include the funds for building the wall, and that "any government spending plan must include border security issues".

　　Although the House of Representatives passed a bill containing $5.7 billion for the border wall in the evening of 20th, public opinion believes that there is little hope that this bill will be passed by the Senate, and the US government still cannot escape the fate of closing the door. Trump threatened on Twitter on the 21 ST that the government’s closure depends on the Democratic Party.

　　Once the White House closes, no one goes to work? The country is out of control?

　　The British "Guardian" said on December 17 that thousands of federal workers will take temporary leave or work without pay during the Christmas holiday. This can cost billions of dollars.

　　The dispute may affect 9 of the 15 cabinet-level departments in the White House and dozens of agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, the the State Council and the Ministry of Justice, and the National Parks and Forest Management Department. About half of the staff will be forced to continue working, but they will not be paid immediately, while others will have to go home temporarily. However, even if they are asked to stay at home, Congress usually approves their salaries at a later stage.

　　The president of the American Federation of Government Employees said in a statement, "Our staff are asking how they should pay rent, food and gasoline if they are asked to work without salary. These problems are particularly worrying during the holiday season. "

　　It is reported that many institutions, including the Pentagon, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Health and Human Services, have received funds this year, so these departments will continue to operate as usual regardless of whether Congress and the President have reached an agreement recently. Since the expenditure bill previously passed by Congress accounts for about 75% of the $1.24 trillion budget in fiscal year 2019 (starting from October 1), the impact of this government shutdown is limited.

　　In 2018, the US government has announced "closing the door" three times.

　　As early as the beginning of this year, the US federal government experienced two "stops":

　　On January 19, 2018, due to the failure of the US Senate to pass the provisional appropriation bill, the non-core departments of the federal government were forced to close from 0: 00 on January 20.

　　On February 9, 2018, the US federal government was forced to technically "stop" because the US Congress failed to approve a provisional appropriation bill before midnight on the 8 th.