"President Trump should understand, there are not the votes for the wall. Signs that the gap between the White House and Democrats is deepening raise the possibility that the showdown, if it does shutter government, could develop into the first big clash between the new Congress and the White House in January. Exciting things happened over the last 24 hours," Trump said at a congressional ball at the White House on Saturday night. That's an important distinction," David Urban, the political strategist who masterminded Trump's 2016 victory in Pennsylvania, said on CNN's "State of the Union." And his knowledge of Capitol Hill, gained as a former member of the House, will be an asset as the White House seeks to outmaneuver would-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her troops next year.

Source: CNN December 17, 2018 06:00 UTC