Centrist efforts to convince Trump to end shutdown falter

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Efforts by centrist lawmakers to break away from their party leaders and build a compromise that would end the government shutdown are floundering.

The failure to reach a consensus outside of leadership is another indication that the shutdown won’t end unless a deal is struck by the principals: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and President Trump.

The centrists’ idea was straightforward and simple: Write a letter urging Trump to reopen the government for three weeks and, in that time, negotiate a compromise on border security.

But Trump earlier this week said he rejected a similar idea, and Vice President Pence informed GOP senators the White House opposed the plan.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/425755-centrist-efforts-to-convince-trump-to-end-shutdown-falter

The only way it opens is if Congress overrides Trump's veto.

[manor321]

1. McConnell is a principal, The Hill !

...the principals: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and President Trump.

The shutdown ends as soon as McConnell allows a vote. Why is The Hill letting him off the hook?

[Docreed2003]

2. Here's a novel idea....

How about passing the continuing resolutions that both houses agreed to in December, with no wall funding!! I guess that's too simple and straightforward. Trump had his chance for his vanity wall for two fucking years and his own people rebuffed him. This shutdown is a farce.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Imbecile Trump views everything as a zero-sum game

It's all or nothing. And that's why he totally sucks as a deal maker.