The White House plan is to not shut down the government, both of these people said. House Republicans last week considered putting legislation on the floor that would offer $5 billion for a border wall as Trump has demanded. But Hill leadership eventually told the president that there were not enough votes to pass it, as two top Democrats had already told Trump in a remarkable Oval Office encounter last week. “We would support the president 100 percent if he were to force the government to shut down over wall funding,” Judd said Monday. “What Republicans don’t want to see is us being blamed,” said the senator, who requested anonymity to discuss a closed-door meeting.

Source: Washington Post December 18, 2018 00:28 UTC