Dem senator on negotiations: “There are discussions happening among Senators. But the bottom line is that Trump has reneged on two deals this year—one in February and one in December. The ball is in his court and if he wants to negotiate he has to put an offer on the table...
2/“...that includes things that D’s want. So far he has not done so nor signaled any likelihood that he will. So far, his only negotiating position is to either slim down his demand or use fed. employees as bargaining chips. Neither is an offer to Dems based on what they want.”
3/ different congressional source: there are bipartisan talks right now about adding $1B to meet construction and modernization needs for land ports of entry to the current offer of all approps plus &1.3 B border security, no wall. If POTUS publicly accepted belief it would work
4/ Cong. Source also says there’s another conversation about trying to do DACA and TPS for $5B border wall funds but much skepticism that’s going anywhere
