FILE PHOTO: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) arrives for a meeting with U.S. House-Senate conferees to receive a closed briefing from U.S. Border Patrol career professionals, who discuss "the challenges they face protecting the U.S.-Mexico border" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Tuesday the spending deal reached to avert a partial government shutdown this week is a “down payment” on President Donald Trump’s border security requests. Fellow Republican Senator John Thune called the agreement reached by a bipartisan committee of senators and members of the House of Representatives an “important breakthrough” that allows the Republican president to build a section of his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Reporting by Amanda Becker; writing by Doina Chiacu; editing by Jonathan Oatis … [Read more...] about Republican senators praise spending deal as path to Trump border…
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Trump signs three-week spending deal passed through Congress to officially end shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats.The three-week spending deal reached with congressional leaders, quickly passed by the Republican-led Senate and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives without opposition and signed by Trump, paves the way for tough talks with lawmakers about how to address security along the U.S.-Mexican border.The Republican president's agreement to end the shuttering of about a quarter of the federal government without securing wall money - an astonishing retreat - came three days after he had insisted, "We will not Cave!"But Trump vowed that the shutdown would resume on Feb. 15 if he is dissatisfied with the results of a bipartisan House-Senate conference committee's border security negotiations, or he would declare a national … [Read more...] about Trump signs three-week spending deal passed through Congress to officially end shutdown
Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal Supported by ByThe New York Times Dec. 21, 2018 • The Senate and House have adjourned without reaching a deal. The government will partly shut down after funding expires at midnight. • Hours before a midnight deadline, White House officials and senators unsuccessfully scrambled to cut a deal to avert a partial government shutdown. • President Trump, unwilling to drop his demands for funding for a border wall, sought to blame Democrats for a crisis that he had previously said he would proudly own. The House and Senate adjourned for the night, guaranteeing a shutdown. The Senate adjourned around 8:10 p.m. without a spending deal, ensuring that for the third time this year, parts of the government would shut … [Read more...] about Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal
Congress passes spending deal, bids to avert gov’t shutdown
By Matthew Daly Published 3:01 pm PDT, Thursday, September 13, 2018 The bill did not address President Trump’s long-promised border wall with Mexico. GOP leaders prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. elections. The bill did not address President Trump’s long-promised border wall with Mexico. GOP leaders prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. elections. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The bill did not address President Trump’s long-promised border wall with Mexico. GOP leaders prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. elections. The bill did not address President Trump’s long-promised border wall with Mexico. GOP leaders prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. elections. … [Read more...] about Congress passes spending deal, bids to avert gov’t shutdown
Trump aide urges Congress to pare back bipartisan spending deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress needs to consider rolling back the spending deal that U.S. Republicans brokered with Democrats last month, because lawmakers voted to enact the $1.3 trillion legislation without reading it, an aide to President Donald Trump said on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short takes part in a daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis White House legislative director Marc Short said the spending bill, which ran to more than 2,000 pages, was rushed into place to avoid a government shutdown. He urged Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to consider new “rescissions” legislation with spending cuts sought by fiscal conservatives in the House of Representatives. “Nobody saw the text of the bill within 24 hours, because the process in Congress is broken,” Short told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program. “We would ask the … [Read more...] about Trump aide urges Congress to pare back bipartisan spending deal