WASHINGTON—Negotiators signaled Friday they were zeroing in on a compromise spending package that boosts funding for border barriers and related security measures, with the goal of reaching a bipartisan deal early next week and avoiding a new partial government shutdown. Lawmakers of both parties declined to discuss specifics, but they indicated they were negotiating in the range of $1.3 billion to $2 billion that would include funding for barriers and other measures. That’s well short of President Trump’s earlier demand of...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 08, 2019 20:47 UTC