President Trump’s rocky relationship with Capitol Hill faces a crucial test Tuesday in a meeting with top Republican and Democratic congressional leaders that could edge the government closer to a year-end bipartisan fiscal deal — or a federal shutdown. In a sign of how serious Republicans are about boosting Pentagon spending, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is expected to attend the meeting, according to aides. But Short did not sound open to meeting the demands some Democrats are pushing to offer permanent protections to that population. In the weeks leading up to Trump’s last meeting with the top four congressional leaders in September, his frustration with his own party’s top officials was boiling over. “At this point, we feel they get it,” an aide to a senior Latino lawmaker said about Pelosi and Schumer.

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2017 01:03 UTC