WASHINGTON D.C., DC — U.S. lawmakers are running out of time to avoid a shutdown of the federal government . The government's current budget runs out on Sept. 30. If congress hasn't passed a funding bill by then, the federal government will shut down on Oct. 1.

Lawmakers have been trying to avoid that, but despite a majority in both the U.S. House and Senate, Republicans have been unable to pass a budget , with several GOP senators voting against their party's own budgets. Democrats have asked for a meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss what they'd want in order to help, but he has refused to meet with them.

What is a government shutdown?

The federal government's many agencies get a lot of their funding from the budget. When Congress doesn't pass a budget, that money stop

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