"This action is necessary so that the American people can receive their tax refunds on schedule," she said.Vice President Mike Pence led the administration's team in the meeting with Democratic negotiators on Saturday. "A Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed that 50 percent of the public blame Trump for the shutdown and 7 percent blame Republican lawmakers, against 32 percent who blame Democrats.Still, Trump reiterated his demand for a border wall in a series of tweets on Saturday. "The Democrats could solve the Shutdown problem in a very short period of time," Trump said. "All they have to do is approve REAL Border Security (including a Wall), something which everyone, other than drug dealers, human traffickers and criminals, want very badly! "Trump threatened on Friday to take the step of using emergency powers to build the wall without Congress' approval.

Source: Egypt Today January 06, 2019 09:00 UTC