Trump, Heading to the Border, Suggests He Will Declare an Emergency to Fund the Wall
NYTimes ^ | Jan. 10, 2018 | Michael Tackett
Posted on 1/10/2019, 8:13:25 AM by Innovative
President Trump left Washington on Thursday on a trip to McAllen, Texas, that he did not want to take to discuss a crisis on the border that Democrats say does not exist.
Their disagreement has led to a protracted shutdown affecting vast swaths of the federal government that have nothing to do with the construction of a wall between the United States and Mexico.
But as the government shutdown neared the end of its third week, the president left Washington with no additional negotiations scheduled with congressional leaders. In remarks to reporters on Thursday, Mr. Trump left open the possibility of declaring a state of emergency, which could allow him to bypass Congress to fund the wall.
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FNC just showed a clip of a Border Patrol Agent tell the President of the burden federal employees are facing to have to go without a paycheck. The next to speak was the brother of the PO in Modesto, CA to tell those assembled he understands going without a paycheck is difficult but he will never see his brother again. Kinda put things in perspective doesn’t it.