President Donald Trump sent his son-in-law Jared along with his incoming chief of staff and Vice President Mike Pence to Capitol Hill to negotiate with the Senate Democratic leader.
A spokesperson for Sen. Schumer suggested that the meeting that came at the White House's request ended the way it began, however, with the Democratic lawmaker laying out three paths for the president to avoid a shutdown - none of which include the $5 billion he's seeking for his border wall.
'Leader Schumer reminded them that any proposal with funding for the wall will not pass the Senate and that the two proposals that leader Pelosi and he offered the President in the Oval Office last week are both still on the table, as is Leader McConnell’s proposal that the Senate unanimously passed two nights and could pass the House and avoid a shutdown if the President signaled he would sign it.
'Leader Schumer made clear that all three of these proposals contain border security funding - without the wall - and could pass both chambers.'
Schumer and Trump are in a war of words over the fate of last-minute funding legislation that could head off a partial government shutdown.
Trump insisted Friday that Democrats will 'own' the result, despite saying 10 days earlier that he wouldn't blame them for the government closure that he'd be 'proud' to oversee.
'It's up to the Democrats,' he said in the Oval Office during a criminal justice bill signing. 'It's really, the Democrat shutdown, because we've done our thing.'
Schumer said on the Senate floor that it's the president who 'has us careening towards a Trump shutdown over Christmas,' as he told Trump that he would not meet his border security demands.
'President Trump, you will not get your wall. Abandon your shutdown strategy. You're not getting the wall today, next week or on January 3,' Schumer said. 'You own the shutdown—your own words,' he tweeted.
But Trump refused to back down, admitting at the White House that the 'chances are probably very good' that a shutdown could take place.
'I hope we don't, but, we're totally prepared for a very long shutdown. And this is our only chance that we'll ever have,' he said, 'because of the world and the way it breaks out, to get great border security.'
Trump said it's 'totally up to Democrats' whether the government remains open past midnight, just 10 days after insisting that he would take the blame if a shutdown happens
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer framed a potential government shutdown as President Donald Trump's fault, while Trump tweeted that Democrats would 'own' it if they refused to help pass a budget extension that funds his border wall
Trump's change of heart, tweeted Friday morning
Schumer threw Trump's December 11 words in his face, tweeting video of the president assuring him that he would take all the blame
Trump had already said he expected a shutdown over the holidays if he didn't get his border wall funding.
'Shutdown today if Democrats do not vote for Border Security!' he said in a tweet.
A House bill that would keep the government open passed Thursday evening that includes $5 billion to fund construction of Trump's long-promised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
That measure is dead-on-arrival in the Senate unless Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changes the rules to allow for a simple majority to pass it.
But after a meeting with McConnell, Trump claimed at the White House that 'it's up to the Democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown tonight.'
'It's possible that we'll have a shutdown, I would say the chances are probably very good, because I don't think Democrats care so much about, maybe, this issue, but this is a very big issue.'
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley also concluded a shutdown was 'probably' on the horizon after the hour-long meeting between the president and Senate Republicans.
He said there was 'no conclusion' on next steps after the huddle at the Oval Office.
McConnell has refused to change the Senate rules for two years and said Friday that in any other political environment Democrats would be willing to fund a border wall.
'Let’s not end this year the way we began it, with another shutdown over the issue of illegal immigration,' he said in a floor speech. 'Remember this back in January? All because the Democrats are unwilling to support common-sense measures to address it.'
The Senate was holding a vote open on Friday afternoon to allow lawmakers who had already left Washington to return.
If the Senate votes down the House bill that has the border wall funding, the president says he will let the government shutdown rather than sign a Senate-passed measure that does not fund his wall but keeps the government open until Feb. 8.
His spokeswoman said Thursday evening that he wouldn't depart today for Palm Beach, as previously planned, for his Christmas holiday in the event of a shutdown.
A departure to Florida was not on the president's schedule on Friday, and the Federal Aviation Administration canceled flight restrictions over the president's private club for the entirety of his holiday.
Other than his nixing his own holiday, it wasn't clear what the president planned to do if there was a shutdown or how long he would let one continue.
'At this point we're taking it day by day,' strategic communications adviser Mercedes Schlapp said Friday morning on Fox Business. 'This is a moment in time to get this done. For too long we've been waiting for additional funds for border security,' she added.
The president declined to say how long he'd let a shutdown go on when prodded by reporters after his bill signing on Friday.
'I’ll be honest. This is such an incredible moment, what we’ve just done, criminal justice reform, that I just don’t think it’s appropriate to be talking about [other topics],' he stated.
The border wall is Trump's best-known campaign promise. He's said since the day he jumped into the 2016 race that he would build a wall fight illegal immigration.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders was optimistic on Friday morning about the passage of Trump's border security measure as she spoke to reporters after a Fox News appearance.
'Well let's hope they don't,' she said of the likelihood that there will be a no vote. 'I mean the senate and particularly Senate Democrats have a constitutional duty to protect the people of this country, and we hope they step up and fulfill it today,' she said.
Republicans control 51 seats in the upper chamber, and need nine Democrats to side with them, based on long-standing rules for Senate's operations, to overcome a filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has refused to change the Senate rules for two years and said Friday that in any other political environment Democrats would be willing to fund a border wall
It was the White House's hope, she indicated, that disaster relief funds that had been added would convince reticent Democrats in the Senate to stomach the funds Trump wants for his border wall.
She said Senate Democrats will be responsible for a shutdown, because they are refusing to go along with the House bill that 'fulfills all of the things that they actually have said and they've campaigned for,' including border security.
'They've said they want technology and fencing and steel slats which is exactly what we're happy to put up,' she said. 'So the idea that they are now opposed to something simply because it's something the president wants, and that's sad, and that's the big story that should be coming out today.'
Senate Republicans who share Trump's beliefs were begging him not to shut down the government on Friday morning.
Utah Republican Orrin Hatch, who is days from retirement, said in a Friday morning statement: 'I’ve long said that eliminating the legislative filibuster would be a mistake. It’s what’s prevented our country for decades from sliding toward liberalism. It’s inconvenient sometimes, but requiring compromise is in the interest of both parties in the long term.'
The House vote was a symbolic victory for the president and his last chance to get the money he needs before Democrats take control of the House next year.
But the victory is bittersweet. While it passed the House, both sides have acknowledged it's dead-on-arrival in the Senate ahead of Friday's deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
And the lack of next steps has increased the odds that deadline won't be met.
'Everyone knows it can't pass the Senate. It's a cynical attempt, a cynical attempt to just hurt innocent people and do just what President Trump wants,' Schumer said Thursday night of the House measure.
Republicans control 51 seats in the upper chamber, and need nine Democrats to side with them, based on long-standing rules for Senate's operations, to overcome a filibuster.
Trump told McConnell to throw them out and pass his border wall funding with a simple majority this morning as the nation stared down its second government shutdown since the start the year.
'Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done! Our Country is counting on you!' the president said.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump sent his son-in-law Jared along with his incoming chief of staff and Vice President Mike Pence to Capitol Hill to negotiate with the Senate Democratic leader.
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