Wall Street followed global markets lower Tuesday as a partisan standoff over heath care and spending pushed the United States closer to federal government shutdown .

Futures for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each fell 0.2% before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.3%.

If Democrats and Republicans in Congress are unable to come to an agreement to extend federal funding, the government will shut down on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., at which time thousands of federal workers stand to be furloughed or permanently laid off .

Senate Democrats say they won’t vote for a temporary funding bill unless Republicans include an extension of expiring health care benefits, among other demands. President Donald Trump and Republicans are refusing to negotiate at all, arguing th

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