Schumer tells Trump to butt out of border talks
by Pete Kasperowicz
| January 29, 2019 03:09 PM
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told President Trump on Tuesday to stay away from negotiations on a border security bill, and let Congress handle it.
"We've come to big agreements before, for example, on budgets and Russian sanctions," Schumer told reporters.
"What was the common theme? When the president stays out of the negotiations, we almost always succeed. When he mixes in, it's a formula for failure," Schumer said.
"So I'd ask President Trump, let Congress deal with it on its own," he said.
The House and Senate have less than three weeks to negotiate some kind of bill to boost border security. Trump, who agreed to end the 35-day government shutdown so these talks could begin, is hoping negotiators can agree to spend some money on new border wall.
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