I could do that very quickly," Trump said during a White House event on border security. But Republicans who control the Senate have so far stood with Trump and insisted that any spending bills include money for his wall. A national emergency would allow Trump to divert money from other projects to pay for the wall, which was a central promise of his 2016 campaign. Roughly 800,000 federal workers did not receive paychecks that would have gone out on Friday. Vice President Mike Pence said Trump will sign legislation passed in Congress that will provide back pay to federal workers once the government reopens.

Source: bd News24 January 11, 2019 22:30 UTC