WASHINGTON, Jan 02 (Reuters): President Donald Trump invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to the White House on Wednesday for a border security briefing on the 12th day of a partial federal government shutdown triggered by the Republican president's demand for $5 billion in border wall funding.
Senior Department of Homeland Security officials will brief the congressional leaders, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said, on the last day of the Republican-controlled 2017-2018 Congress.
It was unclear if the meeting would lead to a breakthrough in the standoff over a funding dispute that centers of Trump's demand that $5 billion in funding for a wall on the Mexican border to be part of any spending measure. Democrats rejected the demand and parts of the federal government have been shut since Dec. 22 because of lack of funding as a result.
White House calls Democrats' plan to end shutdown 'non-starter'
FE Team | Published: January 03, 2019 00:05:06
White House calls Democrats' plan to end shutdown 'non-starter'
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