Article snippet: A bipartisan group of senators met on Monday night to search for a way out of the partial government shutdown, but made no visible progress toward breaking the weeks-long stalemate. Democrats say their message in the meeting was that MORE has to fully reopen the federal government before they commit to serious negotiations about the border. "From the Dems’ standpoint, our point is clear, which is government’s got to be reopen before we have a discussion about border security," Sen. MORE (D-Va.), who took part in the meeting, told reporters. He added that the "Democratic message was very unified" in the meeting, and if the government was fully reopened they would be willing to talk "border security, we'll talk immigration reform." Sen. MORE's (D-W.Va.) Capitol hideaway off a low-ceilinged basement hallway to hunt for a way out of the partial shutdown, which is currently on its 24th day. In addition to Kaine, Coons and Manchin, Sens. MORE (R-N.C.) took part in the meeting. Manchin has pitched making an immigration deal as a solution to the shutdown fight, and was spotted around the Capitol Monday deep in talks with other GOP senators about potential immigration ideas. But senators emerged from the closed-door meeting with no visible progress. They appeared to suggest that at least talking was better than no conversations at all, after negotiations between Trump and congressional leadership stalemated. “I am in the camp that says any talk where we can be gathering ... Link to the full article to read more