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House: Gop Colleagues and Government Shutdown

house: Lawmakers in the House have until Dec. 21 to avert a partial government shutdown and are only scheduled to work four of those days, according to Rabble. ADVERTISEMENT The president is still interested in trying to get a deal, Majority Whip Steve Scalise Stephen Steve Joseph Scalise On The Money House GOP struggles to get votes for B in wall funds Fallout from Oval Office clash Dems say shutdown would affect 800K workers House passes 7 billion farm bill GOP struggles to win votes for Trump's B wall demand Dem knocks GOP colleagues Blame 'yourself' for unfavorable Google search results MORE R-La. told The Hill as he emerged from a leadership meeting in Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis Ryan On The Money House GOP struggles to get votes for B in wall funds Fallout from Oval Office clash Dems say shutdown would affect 800K workers House passes 7 billion farm bill GOP struggles to win votes for Trump's B wall demand House GOP blocks lawmakers from forcing Yemen war votes for rest of year MORE's R-Wis. ceremonial office just off the House floor. By Wednesday evening, GOP leaders still had not settled on what vehicle they would use to fund the wall or if they would even take a vote this week to do so. He's been advocating for 5 billion to everybody, not just Republicans. In an explosive meeting in the Oval Office a day earlier, Trump told Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Charles Chuck Ellis Schumer Senators prepare for possibility of Christmas in Washington during a shutdown Mania at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Trump, Democratic leaders go toe-to-toe at White House MORE D-N.Y. and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi Overnight Energy Sponsored by the National Biodiesel Board Oil lease sale in Alaska nets .5M House climate panel likely won't pass bills EPA hires new head of Chesapeake office Stephen King torches Trump over border wall 'Do something good for once' Pelosi agrees to term limits vote; insurgency collapses MORE D-Calif. that he could easily push 5 billion in wall funding through the House. We support the objective of making sure the president has the money he needs to secure the border. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.