Schumer says “some progress” made during meeting with Trump

(DACA shelters the undocumented children of immigrants from deportation.) Republicans – led by President Donald Trump – are steadfast in refusing to couple DACA and a bill to avoid the shutdown.

Republicans said those could be part of the next month’s conversations, but Democrats demanded action now.

White House chief of staff John Kelly met Wednesday with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to make the case that Trump had “evolved” on his signature campaign promise to build a wall the length of the U.S. border.

However, Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday: “This is like giving you a bowl of doggy doo, put a cherry on top, and call it a chocolate sundae”.

Schumer did not address reporters as he left the building. That person was not authorized to speak publicly about the private negotiations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Schumer is expected to meet with Trump shortly.

Charlie Dent, R-Pennsylvania, described the mood on the House floor Friday morning as “a state of bewilderment and confusion”, as members braced themselves for the possibility that they either would see a shutdown or be forced to take whatever bill the Senate sent to them.

The most conservative in the party, some of whom never support spending bills, are also frustrated with the lack of long-term plan to get the Congress out of short-term spending bills. They changed course Friday after Democrats forced a formal vote on adjournment.

“I think we’re not going to get a (continuing resolution) through the Congress until we have a pathway forward to increase defense spending, deal with immigration, CHIP and everything else”.

“Now that we’re 13 hours away from a government shutdown that Democrats would initiate and Democrats would own, the craziness of this seems to be dawning on my friend the Democratic leader”, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said, referring to Schumer.

Democrats in the Senate have served notice they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that cleared the House Thursday evening. The shutdown lasted 16 days.

Trump is “resolute, decisive and engaged” in the face of a potential shutdown, the official said.

GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said he was open to any solution that prevented a shutdown.

But bipartisan congressional negotiations with the White House faltered last week, prompting Republican leaders to begin pushing for the passage of a stopgap measure to fund the government through February 16.

The White House said Trump would not depart for his resort at Mar-a-Lago in Florida until Congress passed legislation.

Marc Short, White House legislative affairs director, and Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, will conduct the briefing at around 10:30 am (local time). But, he added, “we’re planning for it as though it’s 100 percent”.

Still, he said that he’s open to that.

A divided House on Thursday passed an eleventh-hour plan to keep the government running.

Trump is scheduled to depart Washington in the 4 p.m. hour Friday.

The White House later had to issue a statement maintaining the president fully endorsed the short-term measure.

The president fired back at Democrats during a trip to Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, arguing they’re pushing for a shutdown to distract voters from the GOP’s tax cuts.

Republicans, meanwhile, say they have no idea what President Trump is willing to accept.

If lawmakers don’t extend funding by Friday night, the government will shut down early Saturday.

This legislation would likely be dead on arrival in the Senate, where Democrats have said they have enough votes to block the legislation. Shutdown coming? We need more Republican victories in 2018! House Speaker Paul Ryan immediately summoned reporters to try to pin the blame on top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer of NY. The Republicans were pointing fingers at Democratic demands on DACA, protection for immigrants brought here illegally as children. Chuck Schumer, on threatening a shutdown over protections for illegal immigrants who came to the country while they were young, or “dreamers”.

The White House points out Senate Democrats are requiring 60 votes for a bill to pass the Senate. Republicans went on to retake control of the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections.