White House, Democrats Dig In As Fears Of Shutdown Intensify
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“This is a very fundamental issue,” said Miller, who has pushed severely curtailing immigration to
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Lawmakers have until
The consequences of a partial shutdown could ripple broadly across the American economy, although economists caution it would likely have to last more than a few days to really prove a drag on consumer spending.
“For businesses and consumers to cut back their spending, it would have to be an extended shutdown,” said
The shutdown could leave about a quarter of the government, as well as one-third of federal workers, without funding as the holidays approach. Federal agencies and senior officials are already beginning to prepare for that possibility. Congressional
Senate Democratic leaders signaled Sunday they were not budging from their negotiating position of providing
“President Trump should understand — there are not the votes for the wall, in the House or the
Schumer added Trump “shouldn’t use innocent workers as hostage for his temper tantrum to sort of throw a bone to his base.” He urged
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“It’s up to the president to accept this. I don’t think he will, but for the good of this country, I hope he does,” he said on ABC’s This Week with
A top Republican senator voiced hope that a shutdown could be averted — contrasting with the hard-line position Trump and Miller have taken. Sen.
“There are people working on this to get to a conclusion so the government will remain open which is what I believe the American people would prefer,” he said on CBS’s Face The Nation.
Barrasso also emphasized there are many different means of securing the border that don’t amount to the kind of wall on which Trump has insisted.
“There are a lot of things you need to do with border security,” he said. “One is a physical barrier but also the technology, the manpower, the enforcement, all of those things, and our current laws are in some ways an incentive for people to come to this country illegally and they go through great risk and possibly great harm.”
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Last week, with television cameras rolling, Schumer and House Minority Leader
“I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. I’m not going to blame you for it. The last time you shut it down it didn’t work,” Trump told the congressional
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