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Republicans acknowledged the deal fell short of elements Trump
had demanded, saying they made concessions, but got some
too."It's not everything the president hoped to get, but I think
it's a good step in the right direction," Senate Republican
Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters at the Capitol. "I hope
he'll decide to sign it. We're all quite interested in that, as
you can imagine."
Trump expressed displeasure with the deal, which offered no
funds for his promised U.S.-Mexican border wall, but did not
reject it outright and indicated he did not expect another
government shutdown.
McConnell praised the committee of Republicans and Democrats in
the Senate and House of Representatives who worked out the deal,
including Republican Richard Shelby, the Senate Appropriations
Committee chairman.
"This is a down payment on where the president wants to go and
where we want to go with him: that is to secure the borders of
the United States. We made some concessions and we got some
too," Shelby said. "We hope the president will support it."
Republican Senator John Thune called the agreement an "important
breakthrough" that allows Trump to build a section of wall along
the U.S.-Mexico border.
Republican Representative Mark Meadows said he thought Trump
would sign the bill. "I think he will do so reluctantly, and
then obviously, have to use executive actions to secure our
borders," Meadows told reporters.
(Reporting by Amanda Becker; writing by Doina Chiacu; editing by
Jonathan Oatis and Dan Grebler)
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