Posted on 07/10/2017 2:10:21 PM PDT by Enlightened1
House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) told Breitbart News exclusively that the next government spending bill must fund President Donald Trump’s promised border wall, or there will likely be a government shutdown.
In a phone interview on Monday morning, Meadows—the chairman of the most influential group of House conservatives in Congress, the House Freedom Caucus—said that there are enough members in Congress to hold the line against any funding bill that does not explicitly provide for the beginning of construction of President Trump’s border wall. What’s more, Meadows says, his conversations with President Trump indicate that the president is supportive of such efforts and would veto—or refuse to sign—any government funding bill that falls short of the commitments necessary to begin construction on the border wall.
“There is nothing more critical that has to be funded than funding the border wall for two reasons,” Meadows, a key ally of President Trump, said in his phone interview with Breitbart News. “One is it is a commitment that the president made to the American people and one that he intends on keeping, but the second part of that is for our national security we must secure our borders. And the American people will accept no less.”
The current government funding bill runs out at the end of September, and there will be a government shutdown if the Congress does not pass—and President Trump does not sign into law—a new funding bill by the end of the fiscal year. Meadows told Breitbart News there are enough Republicans in Congress who will block any bill that does not fund the wall construction.
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BTTT.
I wish Meadows was Speaker.
Paul Ryan doesn’t even deserve being rated as useless. He’s much worse than that.
I would chip in some $$$$ if PRESIDENT TRUMP would post a tax-deductible Gov’t FUND THE WALL website to get the project going.
USAID has a $15.4 billion budget. Start there.
Meadows just said on Hannity that he was on the phone with POTUS today. I assume he is coordinating this with the White House.
I would love to see him as Speaker too.
We just need someone in charge to drive the Trump Agenda.
Instead of weakling, cucked and compromised establishment rat boy like Ryan.
REPEAL OBAMACARE FIRST.....NO REPLACE
Bout dang time!
BUILD THE WALL!
Enforce and expand existing immigration laws.
The MAGA wall is one of the reasons why we voted for POTUS Trump.
Not neccesary.
Mexico is going to pay.
If the traitor-to-their-electorate repubs won’rt get off their quisling butts and follow-through on their promise, shut it down. Then, primary each and every one of these backbencher bums.
$51 million goes to Mexico. I know that that would only buy a couple of miles, but, hey, you have to start somewhere...
Wasn’t the wall funded back in the ‘80’s under Reagan’s budget agreement with the DemonRats?
TAX remittance payments to Mexico. That’s a LOT of money being drained from the American economy every year, to the tune of $20+ BILLION annually and that’s JUST to Mexico.
Paul Ryan doesn’t even deserve being rated as useless. He’s much worse than that.
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Yup.
See my tagine.
Meadows,is blazing trails in WNC.. I will be sure and thank him on twitter.
Seeing is believing.
I am proud to have Mark Meadows as my Congressman!
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