Why is the US on the verge of a shutdown? What will it look like?

The US is staring at yet another shutdown, the 22nd since 1977. If US lawmakers cannot pass a spending bill, all government services deemed as non-essential will stop functioning on Saturday (December 21). An estimated 875,000 federal employees would be furloughed at a time when Americans would be travelling for the holidays

Why is the US on the verge of a shutdown? What will it look like?
The US is staring at yet another shutdown, the 22nd since 1977. If US lawmakers cannot pass a spending bill, all government services deemed as non-essential will stop functioning on Saturday (December 21). An estimated 875,000 federal employees would be furloughed at a time when Americans would be travelling for the holidays