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US GOVT SHUTDOWN: No breakthrough over deadlock but talks to continue
The first round of talks between White House officials and congressional aides over a proposed border wall ended in disagreement on Saturday in a move to end a government shutdown which has now entered its 15th day.
Reports say Senior Trump admin officials will meet with Democratic congressional staffers today to end a two-week-old partial US government shutdown.
President Donald Trump tweeted: “Not much headway made today.” The president later tweeted that he planned to go to his retreat at Camp David, Maryland, on Sunday morning to discuss borders security and other topics with senior staff at a separate meeting.
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Vice President Mike Pence, who led the talks, posted on Twitter that the meeting was “productive” and both sides agreed to meet again on Sunday.
In a related development, a package of bills that would re-open the federal government without approving money for Trump’s border wall is set to be introduced by US House Democrats.
According to reports, the package to end the shutdown will include one bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security at current levels, with $1.3bn for border security, through February 8.
It will also include six other bipartisan bills to fund the departments of Agriculture, Interior, Housing and Urban Development and others closed by the partial shutdown.
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