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White House budget director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday said that the funding for President Trump's signature wall on the U.S.-Mexico border must be included in the upcoming bill to fund the government.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mulvaney urged Democrats to agree to fund Trump's top immigration priorities, including the wall and hiring of additional immigration agents.
Mulvaney told the AP that "we want wall funding" as part of the spending bill that is expected to be unveiled next week as lawmakers prepare to negotiate in the days before a government shutdown deadline.
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney on Thursday said that the funding for President Trump's signature wall on the U.S.-Mexico border must be included in the upcoming bill to fund the government.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Mulvaney urged Democrats to agree to fund Trump's top immigration priorities, including the wall and hiring of additional immigration agents.
Mulvaney told the AP that "we want wall funding" as part of the spending bill that is expected to be unveiled next week as lawmakers prepare to negotiate in the days before a government shutdown deadline.
"We want wall funding. We want (immigration) agents. Those are our priorities," he said.
"We know there are a lot of people on the Hill, especially in the Democratic Party, who don't like the wall, but they lost the election. And the president should, I think, at least have the opportunity to fund one of his highest priorities in the first funding bill under his administration."
Mulvaney also said that compromise with the Democrats is possible, but added that the White House is not enthusiastic about the Democratic proposal to include cost-sharing payments to insurance companies that help low-income families under ObamaCare.
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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/32...-spending-bill
Would be a perfect opportunity to add something like RACA as a compromise.