Posted on 12/10/2018 4:54:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Democratic leaders are urging President Trump to drop his proposal to spend $5 billion on a border wall and avoid a partial government shutdown, saying the proposal does not have enough votes to pass Congress
“This holiday season, the president knows full well that his wall proposal does not have the votes to pass the House and Senate, and should not be an obstacle to a bipartisan agreement,” Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said in a joint statement issued before their meeting with the president scheduled for 11:30 am Tuesday.
The leaders said Republicans, not Democrats, would get the blame for the shutdown because Trump is pushing the border wall proposal, which is well in excess of the $1.6 billion Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee agreed to earlier this year.
“Republicans still control the House, the Senate, and the White House, and they have the power to keep government open. Our country cannot afford a Trump Shutdown, especially at this time of economic uncertainty,” they said.
Pelosi and Schumer will urge Trump to accept a year-long stopgap funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security or a long-term stopgap measure for the remaining seven unfinished appropriations bills, according to a senior Democratic aide.
A yearlong stopgap, also known as a continuing resolution, would provide $1.3 billion for border fencing and barriers, the same amount that Congress appropriated for fiscal year 2018.
Republican leaders predict that Trump will reject that offer.
“I’d rather pass all seven,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), referring to the seven spending bills his panel has put together at higher funding levels for next year.
They’re anti USA. They’re Soros bought and paid for!
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Worse yet, so is half the elected GOP
Why? Would they drop the Mueller hooey if he does?
Why, so they’ll play nice, and not try to get rid of him? ROFL! He needs to dig in as hard as possible, from here on out, and go for broke, figuratively speaking.
They want to force a read my lips moment on him. They want to say he broke his promise to build the wall every day until 2020 re-election.
Yyyyeah...and raise those taxes too...yeah... that’s the ticket. The old Bush Senior way. We’ll say nice things about you at your funeral!
Tell them to go pound sand and build the wall! Let the public loose on these traitors and then arrange pick up for the bloody chewed up remains.
Another freeper pointed out it is $5 billion over two years. Trump will never get the other two billion out of Pelosi and McConnell. Guaranteed. So it is likely he will get two billion and change for this year and near nothing in the next FY.
‘”“Republicans still control the House, the Senate, and the White House, and they have the power to keep government open.”
True statement ... and quite pathetic.
Hey! Coyote, carrion, and other critters gotta eat too ya know.
They’re attempting to do the same thing they did to George H. W. Bush with his “no new taxes” pledge.
I’ll bet they are.
Play hardball now. He’s got two years for people to forget. Shut it down and keep it down until the wall if fully built and funded.
In for a penny, in for a pound. If he has to shut the government down, then go for the twenty-five billion.
Yes, hold out for the $50 billion for THE WALL.
“break that no tax pledge, George. Your electorate will understand ...”
Mr. Trump,
Build the F-ing wall or LOSE ALL your support.
Tell Chuck and Nance to eat pooh and shut down the federal gubmint,
FLAKE definitely is!
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