The threat of a partial government shutdown remained unresolved after top Republican senators met with President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon to discuss a quickly approaching December 7 deadline.

Trump wants $5 billion included in this year’s Homeland Security spending bill to go toward the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The House has put forward that amount in its appropriations bill, but leaders in the Senate were able to strike a deal offering $1.6 billion, which Democrats say should be enough.

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