A Top House Democrat Offers a Path to a Deal Ending Shutdown Fight

House No.3 Clyburn focuses on permanent fix for ‘Dreamers’
Trump tweets that amnesty for immigrants could be used on deal

House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn offered a path for a deal to end the partial shutdown. Jodi Schneider reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Steven T. Dennis and Erik Wasson

January 20, 2019 at 3:38 PM UTC

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January 20, 2019 at 6:27 PM UTC

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The No. 3 House Democrat on Sunday offered a path for a deal to end the almost month-long partial government shutdown, focused on a permanent solution for so-called “Dreamers” rather than the three-year reprieve offered by President Donald Trump.

“Let’s go back and forth on this and see where we can find common ground,” House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said on “Fox News Sunday.” He spoke a day after Trump made his offer, which was rejected even before he presented it by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats.