Shutdown impasse: Trump heads to the Hill after Oval Office address

Source: Washington Post

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Shutdown impasse: Trump heads to the Hill after Oval Office address

By John Wagner
January 9 at 10:42 AM

In the wake of President’s Trump nationally televised plea for his long-promised border wall, both he and Democratic congressional leaders are digging in Wednesday as a partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) are holding an event with furloughed federal workers, and lawmakers from the Washington area will highlight the negative impact of the shutdown with union leaders.

Trump, meanwhile, is heading to Capitol Hill at lunchtime to shore up support among Senate Republicans and then will host an afternoon meeting at the White House with congressional leaders from both parties for their first face-to-face talks since last week.

The 19th day of the shutdown began with both sides trying to make their cases on television.
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John Wagner is a national reporter who leads The Post's new breaking political news team. He previously covered the Trump White House. During the 2016 presidential election, he focused on the Democratic campaigns of Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley. He also chronicled Maryland government for more than a decade. Follow https://twitter.com/WPJohnWagner

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