Talks on an immigration deal that are inextricably linked with government funding remained stalled Wednesday, after top White House officials fanned out across Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers in both parties as a critical Friday deadline draws closer.
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said their hourlong meeting with White House chief of staff John Kelly was “positive” — a dramatic change in tone from their contentious encounters with him in the past — but was mostly a rehashing of talking points that doesn’t bring the two sides closer to an agreement. Kelly later visited another meeting of both parties’ No. 2 leaders in the House and Senate, but one key player in those talks described the two sides as no closer to an agreement.
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