Regardless of where the talks land, the funding levels under discussion mark another significant compromise for Mr. Trump as he struggles to fulfill his campaign promise that he would build a wall at the southwestern border. She told reporters that after speaking with border patrol agents, she would support bollard fencing on sections of the border. “There’s no one that said we should put a solid wall across our southern border,” she said. On Thursday, Richard Shelby of Alabama, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Chairman, told fellow Republicans that a one-on-one meeting with Mr. Trump in the Oval Office earlier in the week left him optimistic. “I think we are going to get a deal,” Mr. Shelby said, according to one of the attendees.

Source: New York Times February 08, 2019 16:50 UTC