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SHUTDOWN: WEEK 3…
Third longest — with no end in sight…
Pence meets with Dem aides to discuss shutdown impasse…
MULVANEY: Trump offering to
shift from wall to fence…
President inclined to declare national emergency…
“President Donald Trump is inclined to declare a national emergency to secure military funding for his long-promised southern border wall if talks between administration officials and top lawmakers from both parties continue to stall, a White House official told CNN on Saturday.
While not the administration’s preferred plan, the use of emergency powers to fund the wall “provides a way out” amid a series of contentious meetings and disagreements among Department of Homeland Security officials and Democratic lawmakers over basic facts related to border security, the official said.
“We can only stay like this for so long,” said the official, who attended both meetings with congressional officials at the White House led by Trump this week, explaining that factual disputes have hung up discussions.”
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