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White House pitches deal for wall money — and no shutdown

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08-09-2017, 04:24 PM
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The White House is pushing a deal on Capitol Hill to head off a government shutdown that would lift strict spending caps long opposed by Democrats in exchange for money for President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico, multiple sources said.

Marc Short, the White House’s director of legislative affairs, met with top staffers from both parties on the Senate Appropriations Committee last week to make a hard sell for the proposal, the sources said.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...hutdown-241444

Apparently, the Democrats are not biting .

Short — who said the border funding would be used for a “double fence” — stressed that the White House is insisting on a down payment for construction this fall. Short also lobbied for a big budget increase for the Pentagon, another priority for Trump.

The government runs out of money after Sept. 30. Without a spending deal, federal agencies will be forced to close until an agreement is reached. Democrats have vowed to oppose funding for a border wall, making it probably the biggest threat to an early October closure.

The White House is offering Democrats more funding for their own pet projects in return for allowing construction to move ahead on a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border — though perhaps not the "big, beautiful wall" with solar panels that Trump has long promised.

The border wall has also become a more valuable prize politically for Trump since the collapse of the Obamacare repeal effort. Trump and GOP leaders are aiming to pass tax reform legislation this fall but face big obstacles — making the border wall even more important for the White House.

Yet there still seems little chance of getting sign-off from Congress. Democrats show no sign of yielding on the issue. They have already blocked the project once: During negotiations over a government spending package last spring, the White House dropped similar demands for wall funding after Democrats balked.
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08-09-2017, 06:07 PM
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maybe we can get some legalization for DACAs in with the stupid wall
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LOL DACA is not even on the table... That is how grim our prospects are right now. They are not even considering trading this for a solution.
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Right now DACA is still safe . We shall see our potential outcomes come September 5th depending on how things go.
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Right now DACA is still safe . We shall see our potential outcomes come September 5th depending on how things go.
Depending on what things go?
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LOL DACA is not even on the table... That is how grim our prospects are right now. They are not even considering trading this for a solution.
this is why we say congress is useless. They don't want to lose us as a barganing chip and would much rather prefer we get fucked.

Points are more important than our livelyhoods.
virtue signaling is more important than our livelyhoods.
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LOL DACA is not even on the table... That is how grim our prospects are right now. They are not even considering trading this for a solution.
This is why I never understood everyone blaming the democrats for not compromising on a compromise that was never proposed.
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This is why I never understood everyone blaming the democrats for not compromising on a compromise that was never proposed.
You almost hit the nail on the head. The Democrats arent proposing any compromise.
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If they don't want to compromising on the Raise Act then why not get some kind of deal with Budget Bill for the daca ppl.
Raise Act is not going to pass, even some of the Republican are opposing the bill.
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Trump told Mexican president of the border wall: “the least important thing we are talking about"

I think you guys care more about that wall than trump does. Democrats know they will give up on the wall and adding a trade off will only dilute our cause. Imagine their like give us dream act for wall money and republicans are like nah nevermind. The republicans oppose this as much as democrats and they are counting on Dems to stop it.
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