Posted on 01/30/2019 1:08:33 AM PST by RoosterRedux
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise told Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi needs to change her tone and start making "credible" compromises to avert another government shutdown over border wall funding.
Pelosi, D-Calif., on Monday invited President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on Feb. 5, after refusing to allow him to appear in House chambers during the partial government shutdown. On Friday, both chambers of Congress passed a short-term spending bill to reopen the government through Feb. 15 -- but it includes no funding for a border wall.
"Nancy Pelosi said she wouldn't negotiate during the shutdown. OK, now the shutdown is over for the time being," Scalise told Cavuto. "Will she finally start be willing to put a dollar amount on the table, to say how much is she willing to put together to support securing the border?"
Scalise said that experts have called for more than $5 billion in wall funding, and that Democrats are playing politics. Earlier this month, U.S. Border Patrol chief Carla Provost told "Your World" that "we certainly do need a wall," and the president has touted the support for one from the national border patrol union at White House press briefings.
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She’ll do what MS-13 tells her.
President Trump will need to build the wall without a deal from The House. It’s obvious. I think repeated government shutdowns will not help The President and probably hurt him. The Republicans and Democrats want this stalemate to continue to inflict damage on President Trump.
The Democrat caucus needs to recall Pelosi and select a new speaker.
Shut it down with no back pay this time!
JoMa
“The Democrat caucus needs to recall Pelosi and select a new speaker.”
Basically; it’s become a case of PDJT avoiding fleas. To the greatest extent possible, he should politely shun her in all but official interaction. Speak to her - of her - in some third-person. Assign Mike Pence as her day-to-day interface. Let her chew her lip Bubba style.
Have the Republicans come down from the $5.7 billion? If not how can they expect Pelosi to come up from her $1.6 billion? The fact is that neither side is in the mood to compromise so it’ll be interesting to see what happens when the three weeks are up.
I have had it with shutdowns.
Just roll out the heavy machinery and start building the wall. Now.
Any dithering is bringing death and destruction on Americans each day.
NO PAY FOR A CONGRESS THAT REFUSES TO WORK. GIVE IT TO THE FURLOUGHED WORKERS.
TRUMP APPROVED WE BUILD THE WALL
www.webuildthewall.us
[sigh] And the next time some airport has to close because the TSA union stages a sick-out we’ll cave again.
If Trump ends up having to ‘go it alone” they will lose a lot more face than they have so far...
A serious offer will include -
1) the wall
2) eVerify permanence
3) end chain migration
4) birthright citizenship per Minor v Happersett (plural parents)
5) end H1b and spouse visa
6) 10-year moratorium on new citizenship applications so our immigrants can assimilate our Judeo-Christian principles
7) English proficiency and sponsors held to supporting non-working immigrants
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