More than two dozen federal employees and supporters demonstrate at the Sacramento International Airport calling for President Donald Trump and Washington lawmakers to end then partial government shutdown, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo: Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
As the partial U.S. government shutdown hit the four-week mark on Friday, tensions mounted in Washington on either side of the standoff over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion to help fund a U.S.-Mexico border wall.
That ultimatum, which congressional Democrats have rejected, has prevented Congress from approving legislation to restore funding to about a quarter of the federal government, which closed down partially on Dec. 22 when several agencies’ funds expired for reasons unrelated to the border.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives has left town for a three-day weekend, returning late on Tuesday. The Senate was expected to reconvene on Friday, but its exact plans were unsettled.
The Republican-controlled Senate, toeing Trump’s line on the wall, has not acted on any of several shutdown-ending bills approved in recent days by the House, all lacking wall funding.
The partial shutdown – already the longest in U.S. history – seemed certain to drag well into next week, meaning 800,000 federal workers nationwide would continue to go unpaid and some government functions would remain impaired. (Reuters)
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TSA worker Ebony Grays wipes away tears after receiving food at the Lakeview Pantry in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 14, 2019. (Photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters)
Long lines are seen at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport amid the partial federal government shutdown, in Atlanta, Ga., Jan.18, 2019. (Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters)
Federal workers left unpaid or furloughed by the extended partial government shutdown stand in line for fresh food and coffee at the World Central Kitchen, a volunteer emergency kitchen run by Chef Jose Andres, in Washington, Jan.16, 2019. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
A woman picks up a bag filled with free Kraft Heinz Co. products at a store opened for federal workers during a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Garbage overflows a trash can on the National Mall across from the White House on Jan. 1, 2019. The National Park Service, which is responsible for trash removal, is not operating due to the government shut down. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Lookout Studio in Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona on Jan. 1, 2019. While parts of the national park were closed due to the partial government shutdown, much of the park’s South Rim was open and accessible. (Photo: Anna Johnson/AP)
Signs placed by staff at a closed campground in the Joshua Tree National Park after the federal government’s partial shutdown caused park rangers to stay home and campgrounds to be shut, at the park in California on Jan. 3, 2019. (Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
A family visits the Terraces Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone National Park on Jan. 3, 2019 in Yellowstone, Wyoming. Non-Emergency services in Yellowstone National Park have been suspended during the current government shutdown. Visitors are still allowed access to the parks attractions but services are limited. (Photo: William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images)
Full garbage cans sit at Golden Gate National Recreation Park in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 2, 2019. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Tourists drive past the closed entrance ticket station of the Joshua Tree National Park after the federal government’s partial shutdown caused park rangers to stay home and campgrounds to be shut, at the park in California, on Jan. 3, 2019. (Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
A sign on the main gate of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo announces the Zoo will be closed during the partial government shutdown on Jan. 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
A closed sign is displayed at The National Archives entrance in Washington, Jan. 1, 2019, as a partial government shutdown stretches into its third week. A high-stakes move to reopen the government will be the first big battle between Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump as Democrats come into control of the House. (Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AP)
A sign informs visitors that the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian is closed due to the government shutdown on Jan. 2, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The parking lot and changing area at Boiling River is closed on Jan. 3, 2019 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. While visitors can still access the river, non-emergency services in Yellowstone National Park have been suspended during the current government shutdown. (Photo: William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images)
An ‘All Campgrounds Closed’ sign is posted at shuttered entrance station at Joshua Tree National Park on Jan. 3, 2019 in Joshua Tree, California. The gate is normally staffed during the day but is now unstaffed 24 hours per day, allowing free entrance for all visitors. Campgrounds have been closed at the park and other services suspended during the partial government shutdown. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Litter spills out of public garbage cans next to the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 24, 2018. (Photo: Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images)
People stand near a statue of George Washington on Dec. 22, 2018, at the closed Federal Hall National Memorial in New York. (Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP)
A visitor to the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion leaves after reading a closure sign for the partial government shutdown in Washington on Dec. 24, 2018. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Visitors read a closure notice on the doors of Joshua Tree National Park Visitor Center. The park was open, but its visitors center was closed due to the government shutdown, Dec. 22, 2018. (Photo: Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
A man stands on a pier with Alcatraz Island in the background in San Francisco, Dec. 22, 2018. The company that provides ferry services to Alcatraz Island kept its daytime tours but canceled its behind-the-scenes and night tours on Saturday due to the government shutdown. (Photo: Jeff Chiu/AP)
Susie Schultz, of St. Louis, holds her granddaughter up over a fence to look at the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse near the White House, Dec. 24, 2018. (Photo: Andrew Harnik/AP)
Portable restrooms are locked at the Gravelly Point viewing area in Arlington, Va., from where people often watch airliners land at Reagan National Airport, Dec. 23, 2018. (Photo: Michael S. Williamson/Washington Post via Getty Images)
A woman looks at a sign declaring the National Archive closed due to a partial federal government shutdown in Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2018. (Photo: /Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
The U.S. Capitol on the first morning of a partial government shutdown in Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2018. (Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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