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The
prospects of a partial government shutdown have been looming in
recent days after Trump last week renewed his demand for
significant U.S. taxpayer funding of his proposed U.S.-Mexico
border wall.
Trump said on Saturday congressional leaders have sought the
short-term extension and he said he would "absolutely consider
it and probably give it."
Bush died on Friday. His funeral is set for Wednesday in
Washington, leaving almost no time to reach a deal ahead of the
deadline, congressional aides said Saturday before Trump's
remarks.
This week, Trump told Politico he would "totally be willing" to
shut down the federal government unless Congress authorized $5
billion to fund his long-promised wall along the U.S. border
with Mexico.
Trump has not followed through on previous threats to shut down
the government over funding for the wall, a signature promise of
his 2016 election campaign.
Without an extension, Congress must pass a spending bill by
Friday to keep some government agencies funded, including the
Department of Homeland Security, which polices the border and
immigration, as well as the departments of Transportation,
Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, State, Treasury and Housing and
Urban Development.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton aboard Air Force One; reporting
and writing by David Shepardson in Washington; editing by Darren
Schuettler)
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