The border wall was the most controversial issue facing lawmakers negotiating the spending bill.
The president's close adviser, Kellyanne Conway, said funding for the wall would be left out of a budget measure that must pass by Friday. President Donald Trump could avert the risk of a.
Speaking about this possible outcome, Mulvaney said that a shutdown is not a desired end and that the Republicans just want their priorities funded. We cannot, you know, support funding the wall, but you know, we can try to meet the president and Republicans on, you know, on ground that would allow us to get a bipartisan vote.
But conservative reporters who participated late Monday in a sit-down with Trump said the president seemed willing to sign a spending bill that would exclude explicit funding for a border wall.
It was the centrepiece of the Trump election campaign.
The White House also insisted that there has been no change in the position when it comes to building the wall. And the crowd would roar back: "Mexico!". Except the Mexican government made clear there was no way it was going to fund it.
To avoid a government shutdown, White House officials on Monday said Trump may be open to a budget agreement that includes money for border security technology and border agents, and not necessarily a wall.
During Monday's White House press briefing, Acosta posed the short-sighted question to Sean Spicer, asking about the necessity of the President's promised border wall in light of a decline in border crossings since he took office.
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On Sunday, the city remained relatively calm and police reported only a few small demonstrations. Petry earlier this week said she would not be the party's lead candidate in the election.
"The wall's going to get built, folks", Trump told reporters during an executive order signing at the White House. Mr. Trump claimed in his interview Friday with the Associated Press that the wall would stop illegal drugs from entering the country, and that's reason enough to build it. "There are a lot of ways we can find money to help pay for this".
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, for his part, said, "I look forward to more productive conversation with senators, our House colleagues and the White House so we can get this important work done quite soon".
Trump had repeatedly insisted that funding for the wall be included in the spending bill, despite the political reality that allocating funds for a wall was a nonstarter for Democrats needed to pass the bill.
The plan has united Democrats in blanket opposition.
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Republicans with districts along the border have also been very critical, conscious that they have large Hispanic populations.
The wall was a core campaign promise that Trump ran on, but the reality of the budget process is making it a hard one to keep.
"His priorities have not changed".
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