U.S. lawmakers on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump wants for a border wall.
βWe reached an agreement in principleβ on funding border security programs through Sept. 30, Republican Senator Richard Shelby told reporters.
βOur staffs are going to be working feverishly to put all the particulars together,β Shelby said. Neither he nor three other senior lawmakers flanking him provided any details of the tentative pact.
