Congress averts another shutdown, but funding for the wall is not part of the deal
Negotiators reach a tentative deal to try to avert another government shutdown, but aides say it does not contain the $5.7bn Donald Trump wants for his wall
Washington — US congressional negotiators on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7bn President Donald Trump wants for a border wall. “We reached an agreement in principle” on funding border security programmes to end-September, Republican Senator Richard Shelby said. “Our staffs are going to be working feverishly to put all the particulars together,” Shelby said. Neither he nor three other senior legislators flanking him provided any details of the tentative pact. But it was far from clear if the Republican president would embrace the agreement. His December demand for $5.7bn in 2019 to help pay for a wall on the US-Mexico border — rejected by congressional Democrats — triggered a 35-day partial government shutdown that ended in January without him getting wall funding. A congressional aide, who asked not to be identified, said the outline of the deal included $1.37bn ...
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