Lawmakers think they can avoid a government shutdown that would start the day before President Trump's 100th day in office - if the White House can stay out of the way and let them strike a deal.
Spicer says that the administration has made the president's priorities clear, but adds: "we're committed to not having a shutdown".
Democrats responded harshly to Mulvaney's suggestion that they get in touch with the White House, noting that talks with Republicans on Capitol Hill are ongoing and that some members of the GOP don't want the White House to interfere.
"We have our list of priorities". The move is leaving the bipartisan bill teetering on the brink of collapse, just a week before a government shutdown deadline.
Trump campaigned for president on the promise of building the wall and sticking Mexico with the tab.
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Egyptian American charity worker, Aya Hijazi - who has been in imprisoned in Cairo for three years and became the worldwide face of Egypt's crackdown on civil society - was released late Thursday following a series of quiet negotiations between Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi, per the Washington Post. "Right now that's the offer that we've given to our Democratic colleagues", Mulvaney said. "We want hiring of immigration agents, and we want $30 billion to infuse the military budget".
The White House is refusing to publicly comment on where negotiations are - while signaling it's not ready to back away from requests for initial funds to build a border wall. "And the president should, I think, at least have the opportunity to fund one of his highest priorities in the first funding bill under his administration", Mr. Mulvaney said. And some Republicans are opposed to the wall as well, instead preferring to spend more on technologies such as sensors and drone aircraft to beef up border security.
At issue are cost-sharing payments that are a key subsidy under the health care law to help low-income people enrolled through the law's insurance marketplaces with their out-of-pocket expenses. "The president wants a trillion dollars worth of work on the ground, and we're going to give it to him".
House Republicans plan a conference call Saturday with Ryan and other leaders to discuss the health-care bill as well as spending legislation. I heard from Matt House, a spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who said via email, "Everything had been moving smoothly until the administration moved in with a heavy hand". Democrats and even some Republicans have argued that more direct federal spending is needed.
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