The votes were nearly all along party lines. Both pieces of legislation are almost certain to die in the Senate. The majority leader, Mitch McConnell, has said he wouldn’t bring to a vote measures that President Trump doesn’t support, and the House bills don’t include the $5 billion in border wall funding Mr. Trump is demanding. The new speaker, Representative Nancy Pelosi, calls such financing “an immorality.”In the Senate: Mr. McConnell is facing pressure from members of his party to resolve the stalemate. Closer look: The current spending impasse seems different from ones during the Clinton and Obama eras, our chief Washington correspondent writes.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2019 10:33 UTC