GOP Dems show no sign of retreat as in shutdown's first day
The closure of many government agencies was a striking display of Washington dysfunction  played out on the one-year anniversary of  President Donald Trump 's inauguration  and there was more finger-pointing than signs of bipartisan dealmaking.
 Trump  made light of the debacle in a tweet that Democrats "wanted to give me a nice present" to mark the start of  his  second year in office.
 The president  spoke with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  R-Ky.  to discuss the next possible steps  while chief of staff John Kelly also worked the phones. White House negotiators  legislative affairs director Marc Short and budget chief Mick Mulvaney  went to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans  who emerged holding fast to their stance they would not negotiate while the government was shuttered.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer  D-N.Y.  said voters will fault  Trump  and the GOP. He blamed  Trump  for reneging on a near-deal that Schumer said the two men had approached during a White House meeting Friday.
"Negotiating with  President Trump  is like negotiating with Jell-O " Schumer said.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said  Trump  had earned an "F'' for "failure in leadership." She said Republicans are "so incompetent and negligent that they couldn't get it together to keep the government open."
Arguing that  Trump 's predecessors "weaponized" that shutdown  Mulvaney said his budget office would direct agencies to work to mitigate the impact this time  although it was unclear how long that was possible. That position is a striking role reversal for the conservative former congressman who was one of the architects of the 2013 shutdown.
 Trump  said Democrats "could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown politics instead." In a series of tweets hours after the shutdown began  the president tried to make the case for Americans to elect more Republicans to Congress in November "in order to power through this mess." He noted that there are 51 Republicans in the 100-member Senate  and it often takes 60 votes to advance legislation.
 Trump  and Schumer tried to cut a last-minute deal that would have included greater military spending and money for a wall along the Mexican border. But the talks fell apart almost as abruptly as they started.
 Trump  had been set to leave Friday afternoon to attend a fundraiser at  his  estate in Palm Beach  Florida  where  he  intended to make the inauguration anniversary. But  he  remained in Washington.
The last shutdown came in 2013. Tea party Republicans  in a strategy not unlike the one Schumer is employing now  sought to use a must-pass budget bill to try to force President Barack Obama to delay implementation of his health care law. At the time   Trump  told "Fox & Friends" that the ultimate blame for a shutdown lies at the top. "I really think the pressure is on the president " he said.
The closure of many government agencies was a striking display of Washington dysfunction  played out on the one-year anniversary of  President  [TGT]  's inauguration  and there was more finger-pointing than signs of bipartisan dealmaking.
 Trump  made light of the debacle in a tweet that Democrats "wanted to give me a nice present" to mark the start of  his  second year in office.
 The president  spoke with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  R-Ky.  to discuss the next possible steps  while chief of staff John Kelly also worked the phones. White House negotiators  legislative affairs director Marc Short and budget chief Mick Mulvaney  went to Capitol Hill to meet with House Republicans  who emerged holding fast to their stance they would not negotiate while the government was shuttered.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer  D-N.Y.  said voters will fault  Trump  and the GOP. He blamed  Trump  for reneging on a near-deal that Schumer said the two men had approached during a White House meeting Friday.
"Negotiating with  President Trump  is like negotiating with Jell-O " Schumer said.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California said  Trump  had earned an "F'' for "failure in leadership." She said Republicans are "so incompetent and negligent that they couldn't get it together to keep the government open."
Arguing that  Trump 's predecessors "weaponized" that shutdown  Mulvaney said his budget office would direct agencies to work to mitigate the impact this time  although it was unclear how long that was possible. That position is a striking role reversal for the conservative former congressman who was one of the architects of the 2013 shutdown.
 Trump  said Democrats "could have easily made a deal but decided to play Shutdown politics instead." In a series of tweets hours after the shutdown began  the president tried to make the case for Americans to elect more Republicans to Congress in November "in order to power through this mess." He noted that there are 51 Republicans in the 100-member Senate  and it often takes 60 votes to advance legislation.
 Trump  and Schumer tried to cut a last-minute deal that would have included greater military spending and money for a wall along the Mexican border. But the talks fell apart almost as abruptly as they started.
 Trump  had been set to leave Friday afternoon to attend a fundraiser at  his  estate in Palm Beach  Florida  where  he  intended to make the inauguration anniversary. But  he  remained in Washington.
The last shutdown came in 2013. Tea party Republicans  in a strategy not unlike the one Schumer is employing now  sought to use a must-pass budget bill to try to force President Barack Obama to delay implementation of his health care law. At the time   Trump  told "Fox & Friends" that the ultimate blame for a shutdown lies at the top. "I really think the pressure is on the president " he said.