Senate Meets To Consider Amended House Budget Bill To Include Border Wall Funding

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 21: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney (L) and Vice President Mike Pence leave the Senate and head to a meeting with the Speaker of the House while negotiating with lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol December 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Senate is considering a budget bill passed Thursday by the House of Representatives that would fund the federal government and includes more than $500 million for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate is unlikely to pass the bill with the wall funding, moving the government closer to a partial shut down just days before the Christmas holiday. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)