Centrist efforts to convince Trump to end shutdown falter [View all]
Efforts by centrist lawmakers to break away from their party leaders and build a compromise that would end the government shutdown are floundering.
The failure to reach a consensus outside of leadership is another indication that the shutdown won’t end unless a deal is struck by the principals: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and President Trump.
The centrists’ idea was straightforward and simple: Write a letter urging Trump to reopen the government for three weeks and, in that time, negotiate a compromise on border security.
But Trump earlier this week said he rejected a similar idea, and Vice President Pence informed GOP senators the White House opposed the plan.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425755-centrist-efforts-to-convince-trump-to-end-shutdown-falter
The only way it opens is if Congress overrides Trump's veto.
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