Senators restart shutdown talks -- and quickly hit roadblocks
A bipartisan group of senators met on Monday night to search for a way out of the partial government shutdown, but made no visible progress toward breaking the weeks-long stalemate.
Democrats say their message in the meeting was that President Trump has to fully reopen the federal government before they commit to serious negotiations about the border.
"From the Dems’ standpoint, our point is clear, which is government’s got to be reopen before we have a discussion about border security," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who took part in the meeting, told reporters.
He added that the "Democratic message was very unified" in the meeting, and if the government was fully reopened they would be willing to talk "border security, we'll talk immigration reform."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425333-senators-restart-shutdown-talks-and-quickly-hit-roadblocks
