Article snippet: A last-ditch effort by a group of Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown and clinch a long-stalled immigration deal quickly unraveled on Thursday. Senators said their talks were basically dead, underscoring the uphill climb any potential agreement has amid the entrenched border fight. The shutdown is expected to become the longest in history on Saturday when it breaks the 21-day record set during the Clinton administration. “I think we're stuck. I just don't see a pathway forward,” Sen. MORE (R-S.C.) told reporters. “I don't know who to talk to and I don't know what else to do.” Sen. MORE (D-Calif.) to make a deal. “It's very difficult when we're dealing with people who do not want to budge at all in their positions, and that's the president and Speaker Pelosi,” Collins said. “They're each very dug in on their position and that's made this very difficult.” Trump stormed out of a meeting at the White House on Wednesday with Pelosi and other congressional leaders after the Speaker said she would not agree to provide money for his wall on the Mexican border if the government were reopened. With talks between Trump and congressional leadership making no progress, the re-emergence of the moderate group was viewed as a last-ditch effort to find a negotiated solution that would avoid an emergency declaration by Trump to build the wall. The president earlier on Thursday strongly suggested he could declare such an emergency to circumvent Congress. Trump... Link to the full article to read more