Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a key negotiator on President Trump’s demand for a border wall, said on Sunday that congressional talks are stalled, raising the prospect of another government shutdown at week’s end.
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Sunday warned that another partial government shutdown is possible if congressional negotiators fail to reach a border security deal that President Trump finds acceptable by week’s end.
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says that President Trump will pull from several pots of money to fulfill his pledge to build a Southern border wall, indicating the White House is prepared to accept a deal from Congress that doesn’t fully meet the president’s full $5.7 billion border request.
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said Sunday that he believes a group of lawmakers invited to Camp David over the weekend by Mick Mulvaney could have come to an agreement on border security "in less than a day" if the acting White House chief of staff were president.
"I do expect the president to take some kind of executive action," Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said on "Face the Nation" on CBS. "A national emergency is certainly part of that. There are a few other things in his tool box that he could use, but I do expect him to do that if we don’t reach a compromise."
Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) said Sunday that President Trump is "right to have contingency plans" in place, such as declaring a national emergency, should Congress be unable to strike a deal to fund his promised wall along the southern border.
Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) said he is "optimistic" about the prospect of Senate and House negotiators reaching a compromise on immigration reform and border security before the February 15 deadline for a government shutdown.
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said it isn't surprising President Trump would mock Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) over her claims to Native American heritage, because she "has made herself a laughing stock."
Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet (Colo.), who is mulling a presidential bid, on Sunday slammed Republicans for “fiscal hypocrisy” after they criticized President Obama for deficits but then passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut under President Trump.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) said Sunday that he has thought about resigning amid controversy over a racist photo on his medical school yearbook page, but that he believes he can still make a meaningful difference in the state as its governor.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) said Sunday that he supports an investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), but stopped short of calling on Fairfax to resign.
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that they were not swayed by a new interview in which the Virginia governor argued he was in a position to heal the commonwealth and address the fallout from developments involving the commonwealth's top three elected officials.
An attorney for the parent company of the National Enquirer, American Media Inc. (AMI), maintained on Sunday that "politics have nothing to do" with threats to publish intimate photos of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), a key negotiator on President Trump’s demand for a border wall, said on Sunday that congressional talks are stalled, raising the prospect of another government shutdown at week’s end.
“I think the talks are stalled right now. I’m hoping we can get off the dime later today or in the morning because time is ticking away but we’ve got some problems with the Democrats dealing with ICE, that is detaining criminals that come into the U.S. and they want a cap on them. We don’t want a cap on that,” Shelby said on “Fox News Sunday,” referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
