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In an Oval Office address, the president said the federal government "remains shut down for one reason and one reason only: because Democrats will not fund border security." Democrats accused him of governing by "temper tantrum" in their televised rebuttal.
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A few wondered aloud about the point of the dueling prime-time statements carried live by the television networks. 'Nobody convinced anybody,' tweeted Michigan Rep. Justin Amash.
The president portrayed undocumented immigrants as murderers, rapists and drug smugglers in a dark Oval Office address. Democrats said he was stoking fear and governing by "temper tantrum."
The relationship between the two Democratic leaders dates to at least 1987, when both were in the House, and it has grown closer through the partial government shutdown.
The chairs of seven House panels insisted that Treasury brief interested lawmakers about the December deal by Friday, to give them time to potentially block the decision.
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