Us government shutdown
US lawmakers reach tentative deal to avoid govt shutdown
A congressional aide, who asked not to be identified, said the outline of the deal included $1.37 billion for erecting new fencing along the southern border.
The date is just 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers and the president to agree on a border security package that averts a subsequent government shutdown.
The longest shutdown in US history ended on Friday when Trump and Congress agreed to temporary government funding - without money for his wall.
The president has also said he might declare a national emergency in order to build his border wall. Democrats would likely challenge that in court.
The shutdown is now in its 34th day, with hundreds of thousands of federal workers left unpaid across the country and in US installations abroad.
Democrats have said they would not trade a temporary restoration of the immigrants’ protections from deportation in return for a permanent border wall they view as ineffective.
The shutdown began on 22 December after President Donald Trump rejected a budget bill because it did not contain funding for the wall he wants to build along the US-Mexico border.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives has left town for a three-day weekend, returning late on Tuesday.
US President Donald Trump ruled out a repeat visit, and on Thursday cancelled any representation by US officials at this year's forum.
The mess in the US capital already verged on the surreal as Congress feuds with the White House over how to end an impasse now in its fourth week, with thousands of federal workers left unpaid.
Pelosi, speaking to reporters, suggested that if Trump would not agree to reschedule the speech until the government reopens, he could deliver it from the Oval Office instead, a setting that would lack the grandeur of a congressional address.
The longest such shutdown in US history dragged into its 25th day with neither US President Donald Trump nor Democratic congressional leaders showing signs of bending on the topic that triggered it - funding for a wall Trump promised to build along the border with Mexico.
Along with the $100,000, Walls - who lives in Ashburn, a suburban town near Washington - also bagged a Ford Expedition SUV.
US government shutdowns since 1976.
On Sunday, Trump acknowledged, at least indirectly, the mounting costs of the shutdown.
President Trump, holed up in the White House with Congress adjourned for the weekend, warned of a much lengthier impasse and blamed the Democrats.
US President Donald Trump warns of 'a lot of death' during a border visit as furloughed government workers struggle to live on government shutdown day 20. CNN reports.
Vice President Mike Pence would not rule out an emergency declaration, telling CBS television it was something President Donald Trump was 'considering.'
President Donald Trump is demanding $5.6 billion to build a wall along the US border with Mexico.