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3:21:30Now PlayingLive from the Senate floor after partial government shutdown
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3:21:30Now PlayingWASHINGTON – House and Senate lawmakers returned to work Saturday as behind-the-scenes negotiations continued in hopes of ending a budget standoff that has shut down one quarter of the federal government.
At the White House, President Donald Trump tweeted that he would be having lunch with a “large group” about border security. He did not say who would be attending the meeting. White House officials will brief reporters later in the day.
Parts of the federal government shut down Saturday - for the third time this year - after a last-ditch effort by Republicans and Democrats failed to resolve a budget stalemate.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said talks are continuing between Democrats and the White House. If an agreement can be reached, he said, it would be put to a vote in the Senate.
“We’ve pushed the pause button until the president … and Senate Democrats … reach an agreement,” he said. “No procedural votes. No test votes. Just a meaningful vote on a bipartisan agreement whenever that is reached.”
“It’s my hope that is reached sooner rather than later,” he added.
For now, however, no deal appeared to be in sight.
What is certain is that nine federal departments and several smaller agencies ran out of funding at midnight Friday, requiring them to close their doors, and put more than 380,000 federal workers on furlough and force another 420,000 employees to work without pay.
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