sources telling fox that down to the wire negotiations are still underway to secure some type of funding for president s wall as the clock counts toward a partial shutdown at midnight. peter doocy live on the hill with what we know at this hour. good evening. tonight the u.s. senate said they can t stomach the border wall bill that easily passed the house yesterday. and now rank and file members are going to sit on their hands until a grand bargain can be reached. we are not voting on anything else in this chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the president and these two leaders. and the leader of the house. so there won t be test votes. there is not a tabling vote. since the senate will make changes to the bill, the likelihood of a shutdown rises because the house would have to approve any changes. the house isn t going to have any more votes tonight. some house lawmakers have been spotted at the airport flying home and democrats believ
recognized. mr. president, i want to thank the two leaders for what they have done today, and what they have done, even though i know some people tuning in may not understand what just happened, but the understanding that has been reached, i want to thank senator flake and senator johnson and others, is that we re not voting on anything else in this chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the president and these two leaders and the leader of the house. so there won t be test votes, not going to be a tabling vote, and the vice president has been over here with his members negotiating already. what this does, i think, is push this ahead to a negotiation that yields results and does the best we can to keep from shutting down government, or if it does shut down shutting down very briefly. so i want to thank the two
recognized. i want to think that two leaders for what they have done today and what they have done to me even though simple made tuning in may not understand what happened, the understanding that senator flake, senator johnson made is that we are not voting on anything else in this chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the president and these two leaders, and the leader of the house. there won t be test votes. not going to be a tabling vote. and the vice president has been over here with his members negotiating already. what this does, i think, is push this ahead to a negotiation that yields a result and does the best we can to keep from shutting down governments, or if it does shut down, shutting down very briefly. i want to thank the two leaders for agreeing to go forward in
recognized. i want to thank the two leaders for what they have done today and what they have done even though i know some people tuning in my not understand what just happened. the understanding that has been reached and i want to thank senator flake and johnson and others is, we re not voting on anything else in this chamber relative to this issue until a global agreement has been reached between the president and these two leaders and the leader of house. there won t be test votes. not going to be tabling vote. the vice president has been over here with his members negotiating already. what this does, i think, is push this ahead to a negotiation that yields result and does the best we can to keep from shutting down government or if it does shut down, shutting down very briefly. i want to thank the two leaders for agreeing to go forward in