Posted on 03/29/2017 7:56:36 PM PDT by 198ml
The White House indicated Wednesday that President Trump could go along with a government funding bill that does not include money to begin building his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Senate Republicans are not planning on including the funds in a measure to keep the government funded beyond the end of April.
“That is our request,” press secretary Sean Spicer said Wednesday when asked if the wall funding is a deal-breaker for a must-pass spending bill.
“We will continue to work with Congress on the rest of the [fiscal 2017] budget,” he said. Trump requested $1.5 billion from lawmakers this year to begin work on the wall he wants to build along the southern border, a central pillar of his campaign promise to crack down on illegal immigration.
But key GOP senators have said they will likely put that funding request on hold as they try to broker an agreement to keep the government running beyond the April 29 funding deadline.
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, said Tuesday the supplemental spending request that includes money for the wall will likely wait until later in the year.
Blunt said adding the request for defense and homeland security money would complicate talks over the broader spending measure.
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No problem, Trump will get that funding from Mexico.
Well, we’ll just have to wait and see what Ivanka tells her father she’d like him to do.
Jeez we can’t even get pocket change to start the wall. $1.5 Billion is not even an after thought. It is like that prune face Blunt just spit in our faces.
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I guess the GOP can live without our votes.
lol
0 for 2.
You can thank the kamikaze caucus for this climb down. POTUS can’t afford to fight both flanks of his own party again next month.
The lazy bums in Congress are only working 12 days next month. McConnell is slow walking near everything. Total obstruction.
The Wall is turning out to be the 2017 version of “Read My Lips”, No New Taxes.” Pure Political Swindle.
You mean to tell me Trump and Congress can afford a trillion dollars for Obamacare 2.0, but not two pennies for THE biggest campain promise???
Will you admit you are wrong if, and when, Majority Leader gets Judge Gorsuch confirmed to the Supreme Court in early April ?
Trump should ask for private donations and get started. Millions will pony up.
You mean to tell me Trump and Congress can afford a trillion dollars for Obamacare 2.0, but not two pennies for THE biggest campain promise???
That’s a good question. Why don’t you ask the arsonists in the freedom caucus. Sow the wind...
Will you admit you are wrong if, and when, Majority Leader gets Judge Gorsuch confirmed to the Supreme Court in early April ?
No. I find the GOPe enthusiasm for Gorsuch very troubling. Let’s wait and see how he votes before doing a victory lap.
Chris37 signals that if the f***ing wall isn’t built real damn soon, Chris37 will never vote Republican again.
Yeah, it reminds me when all powerful Marco Rubio blocked Rex Tillerson’s confirmation.
Oh, those fears were unfounded also, despite post after post on FR predicting otherwise.
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