The Latest on efforts to avoid a government shutdown (all times local): 7:20 p.m.
The House has adjourned without a deal on spending, virtually guaranteeing a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.
Senators are also being told there will be no further votes Friday as talks continue.
President Donald Trump’s team was on Capitol Hill late Friday trying to broker a compromise as he pushes for billions of dollars in border wall funding.
Without a deal, funding for parts of the government will expire at midnight.
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6:30 p.m.
Lawmakers from both parties say they will continue negotiating to prevent a midnight partial government shutdown as they seek agreement on measures to secure the U. S-Mexico border.
With the help of a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence, the Senate kept alive a bill that would provide billions in funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall.
But the Senate did not take up the bill amid widespread recognition that it was unlikely to pass. Instead, lawmakers said leaders of the House and Senate from both parties will negotiate with the White House to reach agreement.
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona voted to advance the House-passed bill, but said there was no path forward for it in the Senate.
Prospects for agreement were murky amid Democratic opposition to Trump’s demand for more than $5 billion for the wall.
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6 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence has cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to advance legislation to prevent a partial government shutdown and provide funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall.
Pence’s vote advanced the 47-47 tally Friday after a marathon, five-hour voting session in the Senate that dragged on as senators rushed back to Washington.
The move doesn’t immediately end the threat of a partial federal shutdown at midnight Friday. But it kick-starts negotiations as Congress tries to find a resolution to Trump’s demand for the wall.
Senators say they won’t vote on a final bill to fund the government until Trump and congressional leaders all agree to a deal.
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5 p.m.
The threat of a partial government shutdown may be keeping President Donald Trump at the White House, but his wife has left the building.
Stephanie Grisham, the spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump, says it’s the family’s longtime tradition to spend Christmas at their waterfront Mar-a-Lago estate. Grisham says the first lady didn’t change her plans to travel to Florida on Friday with their son, 12-year-old Barron, during his winter break from school.
The president had planned to join his wife and son. But the White House said Trump would stay in Washington if parts of the government are forced to shut down at midnight Friday.
Trump and congressional leaders are in a stalemate over his demand for $5 billion to build a wall on the U. S.-Mexico border.
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4:45 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence is making the rounds on Capitol Hill ahead of a midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
Pence, White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and senior adviser Jared Kushner met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer before heading across the Capitol to meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Schumer reminded them that any proposal with wall funding will not pass the Senate, a spokesman for the senator said. Schumer also said two proposals that Democrats offered Trump last week remain on the table. A third offer is the package the Senate approved this week. All three continue funding for border security at current levels, $1.3 billion, without wall funds.
The spokesman for Schumer was not authorized to speak publicly about the meeting.
Parts of the government will shut down late Friday without a deal.
— Lisa Mascaro
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4:15 p.m.
Vice President Mike Pence has arrived at the Capitol in case he is needed to break a tie on a procedural measure to avert a partial government shutdown.
