• House Democrats ready bills to reopen gov, $1.3 billion for border security
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/house-democrats-ready-bills-to-reopen-government-with-1-3-billion-for-border-idUSKCN1OU0WE?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=reddit.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Democrats will introduce legislation this week intended to end a partial U.S. government shutdown and fund the Department of Homeland Security through Feb. 8, including $1.3 billion for border security but not the $5 billion President Donald Trump has demanded for a border wall, a senior Democratic aide said on Monday. Democrats, set this week to take control of the House from Trump’s fellow Republicans, also will also offer legislation to provide year-long funding for other agencies and departments that have been closed by a partial government shutdown that began on Dec. 22, the aide said. Democrats have said they intend to vote on legislation to reopen the government on Thursday when the new Congress convenes. The homeland security legislation is based on a measure that has already passed the Senate with bipartisan support. Trump’s demand for $5 billion in funding for a wall along the U.S.- Mexico border led to an impasse in Congress over legislation to keep parts of the federal government funded. Efforts to broker a solution since the shutdown began have failed and given way to a blame game between Democrats, Trump and other Republicans. So people don't think they're capitulating to Trump, that border security money won't be used for the Wall.
Trump thinks that border wall = literally border security, and that without a wall you can't have security. What is he going to say about this
they should just name the bill The Wall so that Trump signs it, he seems like the kind of person to fall for crap like claiming the Patriot Act is all about being patriotic.
I wonder if they could slip funding for the shuttered agencies in as a rider on something that trump is guaranteed to sign...
So holding peoples pay hostage to get a fascist border upgrade works, and we prioritize americans pay checks higher than migrants lives.
What part of "no wall" did you not get
He didn't even mention a wall in his post
'Fascist border upgrade' doesn't really leave much to the imagination, especially when Trump's been so vocal about it.
He could of had $25 billion for his wall if he hadn't backtracked on the Dreamers in February of 2018.
Ya but he'd have given citizenship to ~800,000 brown people, that's like ~799,999 too many brown people that are citizens for the Fox news types.
he doesn't understand what compromise is it's either all or nothing
I thought he was the master of dealing making.
Cool, so we'll be right back to this within a month's time
It is called the Art of the Deal. He just didn't mention that it's abstract art.
It doesn't take an understanding of how to make art in order to sell someone else's.
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