Immigration deal distant as leaders try to avert shutdown
The focus on a budget Plan B — another temporary measure that would buy time for more talks — was the latest sign of a breakdown in bipartisan deal-making in a
"We don't want to shut down the government. ... We want to keep the government open," Democratic
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The temporary funding bill would also include a long-delayed, six-year renewal of a popular health insurance program for children of low-income families. It would fund the government through
House Speaker
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"There's no trust there," said Rep.
Negotiations on immigration were to resume Wednesday but
"The current direction of negotiations on immigration and spending is not encouraging conservative members to support that effort," Rep.
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"I think everyone has the empathy and compassion to want to help these young people who are stranded and we're trying to find that, but shutting down the government isn't going to help them. Us staying here and working and finding a deal is what's going to help them," Manchin said.
On the left, liberal groups are ramping up pressure on
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Meanwhile, the bipartisan group of senators continued work to build support for a plan to protect the "Dreamers" and toughen border security, including funds to start building Trump's long-promised border wall. But few carried hopes it would come together this week.
Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, late last year but gave
Senate Majority Leader
"With no imminent deadline on immigration, and with bipartisan talks well underway, there is no reason why
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