Negotiators See Progress in Border Security Talks as Deadline Nears
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By Alan Fram, Darlene Superville & Andrew Taylor
February 07, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi struck starkly different tones in their border security standoff Wednesday, as Trump planned a rally in a Texas border city he says exemplifies the need for a wall and Pelosi said she’d back any bipartisan deal congressional bargainers produce.
The contrasting pathways — with Trump set to appear before raucous supporters and Pelosi signaling compromise — came with just over a week until a Feb. 15 deadline for negotiators to reach agreement or potentially face a renewed partial government shutdown. House-Senate bargainers say their talks have become increasingly substantive and some lawmakers — including Pelosi herself — expressed hopes that negotiators might produce an accord as soon as Friday.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/02/07/negotiators_see_progress_in_border_security_debate_as_deadline_nears_139399.html
