It takes 60 votes in the Senate.
They don’t want it. Laura Ingraham was saying someone she knows was talking with 4 top Republican senators after Trump was elected. She asked them about the wall, they all laughed out loud and assured her it would never get built. If Trump wants it he will have to veto the budget at some point.
On a thread about WWII War Bonds, someone posited the idea to get the money for the Wall by issuing bonds to the public in a similar manner. “Wall bonds” sounds good. I think it would be a brilliant move by President Trump, if he is stymied by Congress, to bypass them and have his administration issue these bonds. Give ‘em a 10-year maturity, paid off with the savings on welfare, etc. (At least post that as a method of repayment.)
I’d gladly buy a couple of hundred dollars worth, even at 0% interest, just to stick my thumb in the eye of the Establishment.
I can just see the howls of outrage as he did a end run around them.
I tweeted him on this suggestion but dunno if anyone reads them.
Even better, offer to let Mexico buy some. :-)
Maybe we ought to take a poll here and see how many would be receptive - I understand some of his staff reads FR, so it might provide an extra nudge.
Gopes don’t want it. The Chamber of Commerce opposes the wall therefore ergo and QED, Gopes oppose it.
Build an interstate from Brownsville Texas to the Pacific Ocean. Build it in top of a wall along the border and just get the funds from the department of transportation.
A smart, powerful Speaker can twist arms - even the opposite party’s, to get what he wants.
Ryan is both stupid and UNwilling to help Trump if he could.
The head of the House Appropriations Committee is now Rodney Frelinghuysen of New Jersey. Check this liberal sot’s voting record out in conservative monitoring sites.
Those are two explanations.
It was already voted on and funded in 2006. Where the f are the republicans?
Too many concern trolls trying to fault Trump for the fickleness of the GOPe.
This is still another reason to move the House and Senate to their home districts. They can legislate by Internet. They will find it hard to ignore constituents outside the door with torches and pitchforks.
When did Congress fund payments to Iran? I don’t remember a vote on this, but maybe I missed it!
Dems don’t have to pass legislation or make a budget, they just spend it wherever and whenever they feel the urge.