Pelosi urges Trump to reopen government -- Pence suggests negotiating all weekend instead: report
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. facing off with President Trump at the White House on Dec. 11. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski /AFP)
January 04, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged President Donald Trump yet again to reopen the government.
During a White House meeting, Trump declined to open the government as swiftly as possible.
According to a source familiar with the meeting, Pelosi and Schumer asked the president to stop the shutdown by Tuesday, and Trump declined to do that.
Vice President Mike Pence floated the idea of staff negotiations through the weekend.
This story is still developing.
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