Posted on 01/24/2019 5:39:52 PM PST by bitt
The White House on Thursday signaled that a "large down payment" on border wall funding -- and potentially less than the $5.7 billion that President Trump has long requested -- could be sufficient to bring Republicans to the table and end the ongoing partial federal government shutdown.
The possible concession from the White House came just minutes after the Senate rejected both Democratic and GOP proposals to end the shutdown, with both measures falling far short of the 60-vote threshold needed to pass.
But Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the proposal shortly afterward as a nonstarter, saying it was "not a reasonable agreement."
"I don't know if he knows what he's talking about," Pelosi added.
The White House, in response, slammed Pelosi's consistent rejections of compromise proposals. The House speaker has previously said she would not support any legislation that includes funding for the wall, which she characterized as an "immorality."
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The problem is that there are large anti-wall majorities in both Houses of Congress, and, just as in Britain where the Legislature opposes what the people want re: Brexit, there is no short-term solution.
If Congress is prepared to act to stop the wall from being built, they can do so.
Amen
Let us not forget RBG
Exactly. How the hell can a wall be immoral?? Pelosi B*tch, Tear Down This Wall!
Congress is the peoples house and regardless of spin, the people elected Trump build the damn wall.
Maybe she is channeling “pope” francis.
He talks about walls being immoral from behind masive vatican walls and heavily armed swiss guards.
Maybe even a pinky promise would be enough. Every threat seems to be followed by another concession. I am a realist not a NeverTrumper so back off.
Isn’t 5.7 a down payment?
Let Diego Rivera paint a moral on it.
“Kinda like calling a time out when offense lines up for a Hail Mary final play. Nice to get a look at what the opponent thinks is his best play.”
Nice analogy.
The cost of the wall is chump change to the Democrats. They waste more on other things.
Nancy could wake up with Occasional Cortex’s Head in her bed.
She has been programmed. No one would lead their party to ruin like this naturally. Like Di Fi she probably has a chicom spy along with a home safe full of Mexican drug cartel money.
The longer this goes on, the more Trump should ESCALATE his demands, higher.
Because it becomes increasingly important, the longer this stalling continues.
Trump should double his demand now.
11.2 billion.
Not a dime less.
And even more, the longer this stall continues.
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