Article snippet: The White House and senior lawmakers on Sunday indicated the partial government shutdown is likely to drag on into 2019, as neither side appears willing to budge over the charged issue of MORE’s border wall. Incoming acting White House chief of staff MORE (N.Y.), warned the stalemate could last until after New Year’s Day. “I don’t think things are going to move very quickly here for the next couple days. … I think it’s very possible the shutdown will go beyond the 28th and into the new Congress," Mulvaney told "Fox News Sunday.” Schumer made clear in public comments Saturday, in addition to several times in the past week, that Democrats will not provide any money for Trump’s border wall, which he has bashed as ineffective and a waste of money. Democratic Sen. MORE (Del.) confirmed that position on Sunday, telling CBS’s “Face the Nation” there is “no path towards [Trump] getting $5 billion in American taxpayer money to meet his campaign promise of a 'big, beautiful wall' with Mexico.” Republicans acknowledged on Sunday morning that Schumer is unlikely to give any ground and predicted that Trump probably won’t back down either until Democrats take control of the House on Jan. 3. The White House announced Saturday that Trump would cancel his Christmas vacation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida so he can stay in Washington for the shutdown. First lady MORE also plans to fly back to the White House so she can spend Christmas with the president. Mulvaney was eq... Link to the full article to read more