“Democrats have settled on a strategy for attempting to reopen the government when they take control of the House on Thursday, aimed at ending the partial shutdown quickly — but denying President Trump the new money he wants for a border wall,” the Washington Post reports.
“Democrats plan to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the Homeland Security Department through Feb. 8. The bill would extend the existing $1.3 billion spending level on border fencing and other security measures, far short of the $5 billion Trump has sought to build new walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.”
“But unless Trump retreats on his demands, Democrats’ legislation would not move Washington much closer to ending the partial shutdown, which has dragged on for more than a week and sent hundreds of thousands of federal workers home on furlough.”
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