Voices

“We cannot vote for this as it is currently configured because it rules out no deal and removes our negotiating leverage in Brussels.”

Mark Francois, deputy chairman of the Tory European Research Group,

expressing anger at being asked to support UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s motion, quoted by the BBC on Thursday.

“I’ve been told the president won’t sign that... I guess federal contractors are different in his view than federal employees.”

Roy Blunt, Republican senator,

saying US President Donald Trump will refuse to sign an agreement that includes back pay for federal contractors hit by the shutdown, quoted by ABC News on Thursday.