The message comes after the Democrats voted down a Republican proposal on the federal budget in the US Senate.
The deadline for reaching an agreement on the US state budget is set to midnight on Tuesday, September 30, local time.
Republicans want to get Democrats to vote against legislation that would largely keep government funding at current levels. Democrats, on the other hand, demand that Congress adopt legislation that extends the health care benefits that have given millions of Americans subsidized health insurance since the pandemic.
If Congress has not approved a proposal - and President Donald Trump has not signed the proposal in question - before the deadline, several authorities will be closed. Approximately 750,000 government employees are expected to be laid off in the first step, according to CNN. The shutdown is also expected to significantly increase the burden on the country's economy.
Shutdowns due to disagreements over the budget in Congress are seen as less serious on the market than if the US were to hit the debt ceiling and be forced to stop payments of interest and amortization on US government loans - which has never happened.
