BORDER/CONGRESS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional negotiators are nearing a deal on border security to avoid a government shutdown — if the president will accept it. Democrats and Republicans have been trading offers all week; any deal is likely to provide funding for technology and fencing on the southern border, according to senators and aides. Republicans were preparing a counteroffer to the latest Democratic proposal on Wednesday night, according to one senator familiar with negotiations, though Democrats said they were still waiting for it on Thursday afternoon. Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) went to the White House on Thursday to brief President Donald Trump on the negotiations and efforts to steer clear of a shutdown at the end of next week. He seemed buoyed after the sit-down with Vice President Mike Pence and Trump, who told Shelby it was time for negotiators to ‘wrap it up, get a legislative solution.'”
–Burgess Everett, Sarah Ferris and Heather Caygle,” Congress nears border security deal, but Trump’s support unclear,” Politico, February 7, 2019 3:40 pm