As a funding deadline looms, the Democrats say Congress has ceded too much power to the president on spending and tariffs.

Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well. Lawmakers have yet to agree on spending topline numbers even though the current budget year began in October.

Federal funding dries up at the end of the day on March 14. Lawmakers acknowledge that passing full appropriations bills are unlikely given the time crunch, and they are preparing a funding extension known as a continuing resolution, referred to in Washington as a CR, in the hopes of buying more time.

The government runs out of funding on March 14, and averting a shutdown will likely require bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

Government shutdown looms as funding deadline nears

With exactly two weeks until the federal government shuts down, lawmakers are running out of time to craft a government spending package and are scrambling to produce a temporary funding extension. The stopgap,