A standoff over Trump’s border wall remains the biggest obstacle in bipartisan talks to avoid another government shutdown
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to get all 12 spending bills passed by the end of this year, but a standoff over President Donald Trump’s border wall remains the biggest obstacle in bipartisan talks to avoid another government shutdown.
Some Democrats complain that the White House wants to negotiate over border wall funding, something Pelosi and her leadership team have refused to do. House Democrats are currently suing Trump over his move to divert billions of dollars in Pentagon funds for the wall project, which Democrats have blasted as a violation of Congress’ power over the purse.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was encouraged by Tuesday’s session with Hill aides and White House officials, saying it showed “some progress.”“The president’s meddling and erratic behavior caused the last government shutdown, the longest in our nation’s behavior,” Schumer said. Trump demanded more than $5 billion for his border wall and eventually reopened the government without getting Congress to give in.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby was mum on whether a Tuesday meeting between his staff and administration officials yielded progress.
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