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UPDATED 10:30 AM PT – Sat. Dec 22, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urges his colleagues across the aisle to address the president’s request for border security funding as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, walks back to his office as they work to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Speaking on the Senate floor Saturday, McConnell stressed Democrats are refusing to meet the president halfway on border security funding.
He also pointed out Democrats offered much more on border security earlier this year than the $5.7 billion the White House is currently asking for.
McConnell also said ‘productive discussions’ are continuing but asserted no votes in the chamber will occur until the president and Senate Democrats reach an agreement.
