Sentence examples for shutdown talks from inspiring English sources

Democrats also took aim at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky ., who has been unchaR-Ky .istically disengaged from the shutdowhotalks as Trump has repeatedly shifted course.

DHS officials said the proposal resurfaced during the shutdown talks three months later, when Albence brought ICE attorneys into the discussion, seeking the legal review that ultimately doomed the proposal.

The new line from Trump's minions is that Trump is signaling flexibility in the shutdown talks, by agreeing to a "steel fence" and not a "concrete wall". But this isn't real flexibility, because the White House is still insisting on something that hews to Trump's vision of a massive, wasteful new barrier.

But when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rebuffed him during shutdown talks on Wednesday, Trump walked out of the room.

"That is a good idea not to have that kind of discussion," said Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, about shutdown talk.

"That is a good idea not to have that kind of discussion," said Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, about the shutdown talk.

The shutdown talk could merely be posturing before the 10 15 a.m. meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, or it could be a sign that a deal may be out of reach for the time being.

Democrats, Republicans and the White House have until Dec. 21 to reach a budget deal if they are to avert a partial government shutdown, but talks are deadlocked over funding for the wall.

The Obama administration is alerting employees to the possibility of a partial government shutdown if talks on bills to fund the government and extend the payroll tax cut collapse later this week.

Congressional leaders are considering various scenarios to avoid a shutdown while talks concerning a full Fiscal Year 2018 spending package are ongoing.

Plus, Leon E. Panetta — the former defense secretary who was also President Bill Clinton's chief of staff during the last government shutdown — will talk about how the shutdown is affecting those in the military.