No breakthrough in US government shutdown talks, new meeting planned
2019-01-06 09:52:25 source：The Straits Times
January 6, 2019
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Senior Trump administration officials and Democratic congressional staffers failed on Saturday (Jan 5) to break a deadlock over a proposed border wall and end a two-week-old partial government shutdown, but will meet again on Sunday.
President Donald Trump is demanding US$5.6 billion (S$6.8 billion) to build a wall along the US border with Mexico but Democrats in control of the House of Representatives this week passed a Bill to reopen the government without providing additional funding for the wall.
Trump says he will not sign the Bill until he gets the money for the wall.
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