Schumer says DHS funding talks 'constructive' [View all]

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Sen. Chuck Schumer, the chamber's top Democrat, said Monday that the ongoing Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations with the White House and Republicans have been "constructive," but emphasized that "there’s considerably more work to be done."

"We're ready to meet with the White House today to keep talking," Schumer said after talks occurred all weekend. "In fact, we were going to meet this morning with [Border Czar] Tom Homan, but apparently the White House pulled that meeting because of Donald Trump's temper tantrum."

Schumer said Trump is trying to "sabotage negotiations" as lawmakers work to hammer out a deal to end the DHS partial shutdown, as lines grow at airports across the country and tens of thousands of workers, including Transportation Security Administration officers, go without pay.

Schumer said Trump “is the one standing in the way” of paying TSA workers after he directed Republicans over the weekend to not make a deal with Democrats on DHS funding without also passing his voting and gender-affirming care legislation, the SAVE America Act. "The SAVE Act does not have the votes to pass this chamber, and Democrats will fight it every step of the way," Schumer said on the Senate floor Monday.

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