Posted on 01/25/2019 9:29:10 AM PST by GIdget2004
The White House is making plans Friday for an afternoon announcement about the border and the government shutdown, sources said, as President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to find a way out of the weeks-long standoff.
The President did not originally have any announcements on his schedule, and the timing of the event could change, the sources said.
White House officials have been exploring ways out of the government shutdown, which on Friday led to widespread delays at East Coast airports. The pressure increased when two competing proposals to end the deadlock failed in the Senate on Thursday.
The President has not ruled out declaring a national emergency, and on Thursday repeatedly insisted he had many "alternatives" to securing border wall funding that did not involve Congress.
Officials continue to say, however, that they prefer solving the dispute legislatively, and have remained in close negotiations with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Meanwhile, lawmakers on Capitol Hill have indicated that they are waiting to see what the President will accept as part of a short-term funding deal.
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F CNN.
Drudge says they made a temporary, short term deal.
Graham came out this morning saying give them 3 weeks to works a deal out...figure Trump is being sold down the river..
The should feel uncomfortable- they're the ones that screwed this up.
If Trump gives in now, he will never get the wall.
Yep.
He better NOT cave..get that down payment!! Our country is done anyway, the Republican Party was NEVER going to give this man a wall, they want open borders just like the commie left does but for different reasons
This whole charade has been nothing more than a theatrical production to mask the fact that most REPUBLICANS in Congress don't want to secure this nation's borders.
Setting up in the Rose Garden for a 1pm announcement.
That’s just not true. It takes 60 votes in the Senate then and now.
Why do I get the feeling that we are about to be screwed yet again?
I still like Trump, and still support him, but he really is out on a limb, all on his own in Washington. I'm sure he knows he has a lot of support throughout the country, but in that snakepit of a capital, there's nothing but daggers for him, from all directions.
how is cnn getting all this info
He had two years to push for the wall. Is it really that big a priority for him?
Would he rather cut a deal with Congress for a watered down wall - and some form of amnesty - instead of build a real wall thru executive order, with no amnesty? I guess well see
Never trade an action for a promise. The art of negotiation. Problem is with domestic air travel coming to a halt & right or wrong he gets stuck w/ the blame
Why do I get the feeling that we are about to be screwed yet again?
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Because they’re screwing us every day and laughing at us because when we complain about it - including the people we put there to be on OUR side.
CBS is reporting that Trump is expected to agree to a 2 or 3 week CR to reopen the government and border talks will continue.
Trump could build the wall as commander in chief. For some reason he doesnt seem to want to.
CBS is reporting that Trump is expected to agree to a 2 or 3 week CR to reopen the government and border talks will continue.
so what happens if not border deal after 3 weeks ?
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