White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is scheduled to brief reporters on Monday afternoon as a government shutdown looms. Congress is moving toward a shutdown after the Senate voted down a pair of stopgap spending bills,

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries criticized Republicans' spending bill and President Donald Trump's statements during a Brooklyn press conference amid a looming government shutdown threat.

Funding for the federal government runs out after September 30 unless Congress can pass a bill to prevent it. We discuss congressional leaders’ negotiations over a spending bill and the politics surrounding a potential shutdown.

"I think that the viable path to avoiding a shutdown, unlike in past showdowns where we've had this before, it's really almost closed," said Mitchell Miller.

The White House is seeking legislation that would extend current federal funding until January 31, avoiding a partial government shutdown beginning October 1, Republican U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Steve Scalise said on Tuesday.