White House Meeting Breaks Up Without Deal to End Shutdown
- McConnell says reaching agreement could take ‘days or weeks’
- Democrats hold firm in opposition to funding border wall
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Congressional leaders were unable to strike a deal to end a partial shutdown of the federal government at a meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday, and the president invited them to return to the White House on Friday for further negotiations.
But incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats in her chamber would pass legislation to re-open the government on Thursday, pressuring Senate Republicans to follow suit. She and other Democratic leaders did not commit to a second meeting with Trump.