Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says dealing with President Donald Trump is like negotiating with Jello.
It's day three of the government shutdown and with a vote set for noon Eastern time, immigration reform remains at the heart of the deadlock.
Democrats are refusing to fund the government unless Republicans agree to protect some 700-thousand immigrants brought to the U-S illegally as children.
The White House is defending a tough new ad by Trump's re-election campaign that says Democrats will be complicit in any killings committed by immigrants in the U-S illegally.