TIL Desk/World/Pyongyang/ Seeking an end to over 10-day partial government shutdown, US President Donald Trump has invited top Republican and Democratic leaders from Congress for a briefing on border security at the White House Wednesday.
The partial government shutdown that started on December 22 has affected 800,000 federal employees, who have either been furloughed or are working without pay. Trump himself cancelled the planned trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to spend time with his family for Christmas and New Year.
On Tuesday, the first day of the New Year, the White House initiated the lead to end government shutdown over the funding for a border wall, which Trump believes would end entry of illegal immigrants into the US. The move comes as lawmakers started arriving in Washington DC after Christmas holidays.
The new Congress, in which the opposition Democrats enjoy a majority in the House of Representatives, begins January 3. “Border Security and the Wall “thing” and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! Let’s make a deal?” Trump said in a tweet Tuesday after the White House invited top Democratic and Republican leadership for a briefing on border security.
