Money Government shutdown, day 2: White House makes ‘counter-offer,’ asks for less than $5B for border wall funding December 23, 2018December 23, 2018 Michael Collins and David Jackson, USA TODAY Comments Off on Government shutdown, day 2: White House makes ‘counter-offer,’ asks for less than $5B for border wall funding Parts of the federal government will likely remain closed through next week after Democrats and Republicans failed to end a budget standoff.