Article snippet: Vice President Pence and top members of the Trump administration met with Democratic congressional staffers on Saturday to discuss a potential end to the weeks-long partial government shutdown. Pence, White House acting chief of staff MORE were spotted leaving the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Saturday afternoon after the approximately two-hour meeting. An aide to Pence said that the meeting did not include a specific discussion about the dollar amount requested by the White House for a funding bill but it instead focused on security. But a Democratic source familiar with the discussion said Pence would not move off the $5.7 billion number MORE has requested for the his proposed border wall. "Democratic staff in the room were clear that White House must support re-opening government immediately and that it will grow increasingly hard to start formal negotiations with government closed," the source said. "Administration officials refused." Nielsen briefed congressional aides on the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, the aide said, while Pence reiterated the president's position that funding for the border wall must be in any bill to reopen the government. Trump tweeted after the meeting concluded that "not much headway" was made towards reaching a deal to fund the federal government, while calling on Democrats to reach an agreement to address illegal immigration and border security. "Not much headway made today. Second meeting set for tomorrow. After s... Link to the full article to read more