Shutdown enters third day as McConnell calls for bipartisan compromise: 'Step back from the brink' - News Summed Up

Shutdown enters third day as McConnell calls for bipartisan compromise: 'Step back from the brink'


The Senate adjourned Sunday without reaching an agreement to end the government shutdown as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for both parties to "step back from the brink." "I think they miscalculated on the shutdown," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, said. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.During a meeting with reporters, Graham, R-S.C., warned Democrats to not "overplay your hand." “This is another example of President Trump throwing a tweet in the middle of bipartisan negotiations that are making progress,” Coons said. “Too many people are hurt by this,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said afterward.


Source: Fox News January 21, 2018 15:39 UTC



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