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Even when we win we lose because the spineless Republicans are so scared how they are going to be portrayed on the Sunday Morning talk shows and in the NYT/WaPo that they won't take a stand. Even when we win, we lose. Trump came in ready to stand up to these people and has majorities in both houses, yet the Republicans capitulate anyway - just like they did under Obama. If Trump signs this, it means he is getting sucked into the same swamp that he ran against.

I mean, it still funds Planned Parenthood! Look at this:

The deal includes an additional $12 billion in defense spending, which is $18 billion less than Trump asked for. It also includes a permanent fix to fund coal miners' health care instead of a temporary extension.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York called the deal "a good agreement for the American people" that "takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table."

"The bill ensures taxpayer dollars aren't used to fund an ineffective border wall, excludes poison pill riders and increases investments in programs that the middle-class relies on, like medical research, education and infrastructure," Schumer said Sunday night.

Chuck Schumer knows the wall will be effective, and that's why he really supports it.

"Early on in this debate, Democrats clearly laid out our principles," he said. "At the end of the day, this is an agreement that reflects those principles."

WTG, Republicans. Why not just go have a Pepsi with Kendall Jenner and let them write the bill?

Democrats stressed that there is no money not only for a border wall, but also for a deportation force, and they said there would be no cut in funding for so-called sanctuary cities.

And instead of $3 billion for border security, which was requested by the Trump administration, the bill includes just half of that — $1.5 billion. It also includes $295 million for Puerto Rico's Medicaid program.

It sounds like illegal immigration will continue with the exception of at the border. With no wall, as soon as Trump is gone, it will be business as usual.

To top it off, it sounds like we are bailing out Puerto Rico which isn't a state.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/deal-government-funding-reached-averting-shutdown-n753086