Current funding expires at the end of Friday, March 14. If a funding bill is not passed, then the government will see itself forced to furlough thousands of federal workers and reduce federal services. Thousands of federal employees have already been laid off as part of Trump’s cost-cutting measures across the government.

Congress has less than two weeks to extend a federal funding deadline, but lawmakers are arguing over whether the White House will really spend the money they approve.

A government shutdown has never happened during tax season, but that could be just what'll happen with less than two weeks until the next funding deadline.

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.

Congress has until March 14 to agree on a spending plan to avert a federal government shutdown. Political analyst Andy Winer believes there is a 50-50 chance the government shuts down in less than two weeks.