“We'd ask him to let us do our work, not throw in some last-minute poison pills that could undo it, and we could get this done,” Schumer told reporters.
Trump wants the money included in spending legislation that Congress must pass by Friday to keep the federal government operating through Sept. 30, when the 2017 fiscal year expires.
Mulvaney and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus played down the danger of a shutdown. Mulvaney said talks between Republicans and Democrats could produce an agreement as early as Sunday.
If talks fail, the government would shut down on Saturday, Trump’s 100th day in office.
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