Posted on 03/28/2017 12:14:50 PM PDT by GIdget2004
President Trump's funding request for a border wall will likely be put on hold, Senate Republican leaders signaled Tuesday.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced at a leadership press conference that Trump's supplemental funding request will wait until later in the year.
He said the Senate and House leadership are very close to negotiating a bill to fund government for the rest of 2017.
Adding a supplemental spending bill requested by Trump to pay for military activities and a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would complicate the talks and should be dealt with at a later date, Blunt added. "We have the FY17 defense bill," Blunt said, noting it is the top priority of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and could be used as a vehicle to pass bills funding other federal departments.
"All of the committees, the leaderships of the House and Senate, are working together to try to finalize the rest of the FY17 bill," he added. "My guess is that comes together better without the supplemental."
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I always suspected that most freepers(not all) are establishment free trader globalists. Now it seems we have proof with the lack of outrage.
“Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee”
Another worthless turd!
Where’s the outrage?
Lots of us on here have wondered if the country might be to far gone for Trump to save. An entire new government is the only thing that could save this country. From the president to every member of Congress to the Supreme Court to every diplomat to every government employee G5 and up. The swamp may have way too many snakes to get rid of.
The swamp surges back.
FIRST: No Obamacare Repeal
SECOND: No wall
THIRD: No tax cut - except for uber rich crony capitalists.
These pigs are defying the President and the wishes of the American People. They need to be thrown out of office. The only way to clean a sewer is by flushing out the crap and they are crap.
Lots of us on here have wondered if the country might be to far gone for Trump to save. An entire new government is the only thing that could save this country. From the president to every member of Congress to the Supreme Court to every diplomat to every government employee G5 and up. The swamp may have way too many snakes to get rid of.
...with a whimper.
Our rulers will not allow change.
http://appropriations.house.gov/about/members/
Check out the members and leadership and write them.
The Rats are going to find the balls to undercut Trump as they had none to undercut Obama.
Gutless bastards.
I agree—the idea of increasing the DoD budget is really sad. Changes need to be made, but waste and fraud need to be reined in, too.
Obama gets everything he wants, Trump gets nothing.
How about we kill this stupid rail gun and build the damn wall.
Yep. Can fund this a dozen ways.
“I always suspected that most freepers(not all) are establishment free trader globalists. Now it seems we have proof with the lack of outrage.”
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WTF gives with your recent JIHAD against FReepers? You’re constantly mischaracterizing who and what they are. Bed bugs biting you too much or is your favorite illegal being deported?
Seriously, Dude, lighten up just a bit...we’re all in this together.
They are despicable and disgusting.
The only way Trump will get ANYTHING done is if these POS are flushed out in 2018.
What the RINOS are doing to Trumps agenda is an outrage.
The GoFundMe site would crash in an hour
Stop the 60 million we give to Mexico every year in foreign aid. In 10 years the wall tab will be largely paid off.
As usual nothing changes with these weasels. They should be hanging from lap posts.
Yep.
In fact I think that’s way too easy for ‘em.
My solution is so much worse.
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