House Passes Funding Extension After Trump Says ‘I’d Love To See A Shutdown’

President Trump and Vice President Pence meet with congressional leadership including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Oval Office last December.

Olivier Douliery-Pool / Getty Images

Updated at 6:57 p.m. ET

The House passed a bill Tuesday evening to avert a government shutdown on Thursday, as Senate leaders still hope to clear the way for years of budget harmony this week with a long-term spending agreement.

But as Congress worked on keeping things running, President Trump made a fresh call to shut down the government over immigration.