Article snippet: GOP senators emerged from the closed-door meeting in visible disbelief that MORE is refusing to sign a seven-week stopgap measure to fund the government that cleared the chamber by a voice vote less than 24 hours ago. Senate GOP leadership appeared confident on Wednesday that Trump would sign the stopgap, which will fund approximately 25 percent of the government, as long as they kept poison pill policy riders out of it. But Trump, under fire from conservative pundits and lawmakers, reversed course Thursday. “No. I don’t think the votes are [there], ugh. We can’t have a government shutdown, period,” she said, when asked if there was an alternative to the Senate bill. “It’s never good. How many times do we have to learn that?” House conservatives and Trump appear to be digging in for their demand for $5 billion for the border, a figure Democrats have rejected. Senate Minority Leader MORE (R-Wis.), asked if it looked like Congress was headed toward a partial lapse in funding, told reporters “it kind of seems we’re on the path.” “I’m not sure what leverage the president thinks he has at this moment. I think the way you create leverage is keep this issue alive” into next year, Johnson told reporters. House Republicans are eyeing adding $5 billion in wall funding, as well as money for disaster relief, to the Senate bill. But Senate Republicans are skeptical that could even clear the House because of absences, much less the Senate, where it will be dead on arrival. ... Link to the full article to read more