国际英语资讯:Roundup: No breakthrough in talks to end U.S. govt shutdown
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="Jan">Jan</span>. 5-- <span word="Senior">Senior</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="administration">administration</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="staffers">staffers</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="achieving">achieving</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="breakthrough">breakthrough</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="ending">ending</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="partial">partial</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="shutdown">shutdown</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deadlock">deadlock</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>.-<span word="Mexico">Mexico</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="wall">wall</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="readout">readout</span> <span word="provided">provided</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="office">office</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Vice">Vice</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="administration">administration</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="team">team</span>, <span word="said">said</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="productive">productive</span>" <span word="and">and</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="sides">sides</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="meet">meet</span> <span word="again">again</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="afternoon">afternoon</span>.</p><p><span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Donald">Donald</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="over">over</span> 5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="signature">signature</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wall">wall</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="southern">southern</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Mexico">Mexico</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="strongly">strongly</span> <span word="rejected">rejected</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Democrats">Democrats</span>.</p><p><span word="Their">Their</span> <span word="disagreement">disagreement</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="budget">budget</span> <span word="impasse">impasse</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="partial">partial</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="shutdown">shutdown</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="enters">enters</span> <span word="its">its</span> 15<span word="th">th</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>, <span word="affecting">affecting</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="cabinet">cabinet</span>-<span word="level">level</span> <span word="departments">departments</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="agencies">agencies</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="paychecks">paychecks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="some">some</span> 800,000 <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="employees">employees</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="readout">readout</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="was">was</span> "<span word="no">no</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="depth">depth</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="dollar">dollar</span> <span word="figure">figure</span>" <span word="for">for</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wall">wall</span> <span word="but">but</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="priorities">priorities</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="security">security</span>." <span word="Pence">Pence</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="reiterated">reiterated</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="position">position</span> <span word="that">that</span> "<span word="we">we</span> <span word="need">need</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="border">border</span> <span word="wall">wall</span>."</p><p><span word="Jared">Jared</span> <span word="Kushner">Kushner</span>, <span word="Trump">Trump</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="son">son</span>-<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="law">law</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="House">House</span> <span word="adviser">adviser</span>, <span word="also">also</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Eisenhower">Eisenhower</span> <span word="Executive">Executive</span> <span word="Office">Office</span> <span word="Building">Building</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Trump">Trump</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="acting">acting</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="Mick">Mick</span> <span word="Mulvaney">Mulvaney</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Homeland">Homeland</span> <span word="Security">Security</span> <span word="Secretary">Secretary</span> <span word="Kirstjen">Kirstjen</span> <span word="Nielsen">Nielsen</span>.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="negotiating">negotiating</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="congressional">congressional</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="leadership">leadership</span>.</p>
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