New Talks to End Shutdown Mark First Hint of Break in Impasse
- Trump may accept three-week funding plan, spokeswoman says
- Talks come after Senate rejects two bills to reopen government
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Senators began a new effort to end the 34-day partial government shutdown after blocking two rival spending bills. The White House signaled President Donald Trump was open to a plan to reopen agencies for three weeks, but at a price.
"The three-week CR would only work if there is a large down payment on the wall,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday, referring to a stopgap spending bill and the president’s demand for $5.7 billion for a wall at the southern border.