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AP Interview: Pelosi called Trump to discuss infrastructure
Miami Herald ^ | 11 April 2019 | LISA MASCARO (AP)

Posted on 04/10/2019 9:57:25 PM PDT by BeauBo

One day last week, amid spiraling fallout over special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dialed up the president and requested a meeting. She talked to President Donald Trump about working together on an infrastructure package. It was the first phone call between the two since the testy days of the government shutdown earlier this year, and it seemed productive. They are planning to meet, she told The Associated Press in a Wednesday interview.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: budget; infrastructure; pelosi
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The Legislature is trying to get a two year budget deal, that lets the Dems avoid passing a budget (they can't agree among themselves) - so maybe the Speaker needs to make a deal.

Alternatively, maybe with the Mueller Report no longer hanging over the President's head, and the growing possibility of the AG investigating Dems, maybe they want to make a deal to call off the hounds. In any event, some leverage has shifted on that front.

Of course, it might also be driven by the 2020 elections. Things have to be set up this year, because they know that nothing can be agreed on next year, going into the elections.

1 posted on 04/10/2019 9:57:25 PM PDT by BeauBo
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No wall. No infrastructure.


2 posted on 04/10/2019 9:59:50 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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More big government spending? I hope not.


3 posted on 04/10/2019 10:02:42 PM PDT by plain talk
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Not wasting many words on failed Democrats. Pelosi’s bottom line is that she is a total failure as Speaker of the House....cannot control her caucus at all. Plus, she is Dumb, dumber & dumbest!!!

Get the “Orange Perp” suits ready for Obama & Clinton!!! both them 100% “TRAITORS”!!!


4 posted on 04/10/2019 10:03:20 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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Like nothing happened..... Can’t we just move on?
Trump:..yeah,after the convictions


5 posted on 04/10/2019 10:04:19 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: plain talk

The best shovel-ready job Trump has created is AG William Barr .


6 posted on 04/10/2019 10:06:55 PM PDT by Rennes Templar (Heaven has a wall and gates. Hell has open borders.)
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"No wall. No infrastructure."

Wall = Infrastructure

They want "infrastructure" then they take it all...

7 posted on 04/10/2019 10:07:21 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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” the Dems avoid passing a budget “
“You had one job...” LOL!

Well. at least they’re inquiring about what they can get for their donors.


8 posted on 04/10/2019 10:08:21 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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Border wall is Infrastructure.

President Trump wants $8.6 billion for wall building next year, plus another $3.6 billion to replenish Military Construction accounts for what he plans to re-program toward wall building this year.

The is THE big chip that Democrats have to offer the President in a budget deal. They might also agree to immigration reform, but rolling the wall money in with a bunch of pork projects in Democrat districts would probably be more politically palatable.

It also might be useful to Dems, to defend them from taking a beating on the open borders issues, it they see that is hurting them with voters.


9 posted on 04/10/2019 10:08:48 PM PDT by BeauBo
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And “infrastructure spending” is money for the Dems’ donors.
Surprised the Dems have resisted it so long.


10 posted on 04/10/2019 10:14:31 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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The first infrastructure needs to be built on the border.


11 posted on 04/10/2019 10:20:27 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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San Fran Nan wants to deal with Trump. We’re doomed. Because, you know, Trump has never done deals before...


12 posted on 04/10/2019 10:23:10 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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She’d rather deal with Trump than bratty AOC


13 posted on 04/10/2019 10:26:48 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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Nah......Pelosi’s got to find something, anything they can agree on because the Demorats are loosing their base with all the nonsense they’re doing. Getting ‘anything’ on the table they can agree on is what she’s after.

Plus she’s going to try and find out what the scoops are Trump is planning ahead......he’s getting to close to the high powers that be on their side for comfort.

“Nosey Nancy” is up to her normal tricks.....


14 posted on 04/10/2019 10:27:55 PM PDT by caww
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Called Trump what?

Oh, never mind...


15 posted on 04/10/2019 10:28:52 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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16 posted on 04/10/2019 10:36:00 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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Changing subject.


17 posted on 04/10/2019 10:54:11 PM PDT by aquila48
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Somebody must have dialed the phone number for Pelosi. Does she still believe the current president is named Bush?


18 posted on 04/10/2019 10:54:51 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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Pelosi’s bottom line is that she is a total failure as Speaker of the House....cannot control her caucus at all.

NOT a total failure: if she were, like Weepy Boner and Paul Ryno, the Dems in Congress would have given President Trump every item in his budget, and even more money for it than he asked for, then collapsed en masse at re-election time to allow the GOP to take over.

RINOs swallow. No, gargle.

19 posted on 04/10/2019 10:55:30 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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She's up to no good.

Likely wants that old offer about the Dreamers back along with lots and lots of pork but will offer --zero dollars--- for the wall.

That's a DemonRat sorta deal: they get everything they want while offering nothing in return.

20 posted on 04/10/2019 11:45:10 PM PDT by Sa-teef
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