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General News    H2'ed 1/9/19

Shutdown showdown: Pelosi says "no," Trump says "bye-bye"

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Trump abruptly walked out of a closed-door meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday in the White House Situation Room after Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she wouldn't fund his border wall even if he ended the government shutdown. "She said 'No,'" Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said, adding that Trump slammed the table. "He said, 'Then we have nothing to discuss'...He just walked out of the meeting." Pelosi cast Trump, the wealthy son of a real-estate developer, as insensitive to the plight of government workers who are due to miss paychecks this week. "He thinks they could maybe just ask their father for more money, but they can’t," she said.
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