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The border negotiators from the Sen Appropriations committee reconvened for talks at 6pm this evening. If this produces no progress Congress & WH will need to assess fallback options to avoid another shutdown..#MondayMotivation
politico.com/story/2019/02/…
politico.com/story/2019/02/…
2-"One Democratic source close to the talks said Democrats were willing to back off their demands for a cap on detention beds if Republicans agree to other budgetary restrictions on interior enforcement.
3-"Democrats feel that backing off their cap demands would be a significant concession, but still want a deal and want Republicans to resume negotiations with them. "We just want to make sure that the administration actually has limits," the source said. "Maybe we don't have the
4-"cap but if they're willing to move on the budget authority for beds, we're probably willing to move a little more on barrier [funding]." But publicly, the president and his GOP allies traded barbs with Democrats. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said on Missouri radio that the
5-"Democratic position is "untenable." Trump also sought to characterize Democrats as weak on border security. “The Democrats do not want us to detain, or send back, criminal aliens! This is a brand new demand. Crazy!” Trump responded on Monday as he prepared to head to El Paso,
6-"Texas, for a political rally. Democrats familiar with the negotiations said the demand was not new and has been discussed for a week or more. The two sides are also still far apart on Trump’s demands for a border wall, with Democrats resisting efforts to fund new fencing but
7-"open to fixing existing barriers. The numbers discussed for border funding range from $1-2 billion, far short of Trump’s ask of $5.7 billion. Republicans said Democrats have offered little flexibility on physical barriers in a bid to deny Trump a win." ~politico
