Posted on 03/23/2018 8:41:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
[ FULL TITLE ] [ Trump threatens to veto omnibus bill because it does not address DACA recipients, fully fund border wall ]
President Trump said he might veto the sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill passed early Friday — a move that likely would lead to a government shutdown — because it does nothing to address the fate of young undocumented immigrants and does not fully fund his border wall.
In a Friday morning tweet, Trump said that those protected from deportation by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program have been “totally abandoned” by Congress, and he blamed the Democrats.
On Thursday afternoon, senior Trump administration officials told reporters that Trump intended to sign the spending bill, making no mention of the president’s concern. Several aides were trying to convince the president Friday not to follow through with his threat.
Trump, who sought to cancel DACA last fall, was seeking a deal that would give Democrats protections they sought for the program's recipients in exchange for additional funding of $25 billion for his long-promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. The bill includes a minor down payment of $1.6 billion on his marquee campaign promise.
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Nothing for DACA,nothing for the tunnel,nothing for PP would mean more for the things that are important.
I emailed the White House yesterday to voice my concerns on this piece of garbage. Told the President if he didn’t veto this bill I would be done with my vote for him. Rush says the room is being set up for the signing not a Veto. Bye Bye Trump, you’ve lost my support.....
If they can PROVE they came at age 12 or under, and PROVE they did not receive welfare, speak English and have a job I am perfectly happy with them being given a short path to citizensbip.
Just as long as their parents are deported and barred from re entry for a minimum of 10 years. After that let them re apply for their visa FROM OUTSIDE the country like everyone else.
Yes either he has been screwed or he is part of the problem. Allowing this budget to occur without getting anything he campaigned on is really disappointing.
He won’t Veto this bill.
I agree the President should veto this bill. It is a budget buster. But, I also believe the President is thinking strategically in raising the DACA issue and laying blame for its resolution at the feet of the Democrats. Most likely, the Democrats think the President will sign off on the budget because it funds the military. Once that is done, people will forget that nothing was done on DACA. Come election time, the Democrats will say the President doesn’t care about the undocumented. By bringing this up now, the President will make it more difficult for the Democrats to blame him later on, and also may shake the faith of the immigrant community in the Democrats.
Fox News is reporting he signed it.
“Arguably, Trump is the only man alive with the balls to CALL the Dems and Rinos out into the street on this one!”
I thought this was true, but he’s a lame duck from now until he is impeached. With the RINOs still controlling house & senate primaries, there is no hope for any change. The only consolation is Hilary is not currently president, but we will get another Obama in 2020. They are even more emboldened now.
Just the fox guarding the hen house
.............lol, I feel your pain but don’t have quite as pessimistic a view of Trump. If nothing else, Supreme Court Judges alone are reason enough to vote for him. There are many, many more as well.
That said, I am really disappointed he broke one of his biggest promises which was to do “something” about the national debt. This omnibus give away of billions to special interests is the exact opposite of that.
Bye Bye Donald, governing is not your forte.
I wish I'd voted for Hillary, don't you?
Then we'd be getting everything we want instead of just 80% of it!
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