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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/border-wall-government-shutdown-1136358
Democrats and Republicans are unlikely to trade wall funding for Dreamer relief in their dash to avert another shutdown.
Congressional negotiators haven’t even held their first meeting yet to avert a new shutdown, but the prospect of a big deal on border security and immigration is essentially dead.
When President Donald Trump caved in the 35-day shutdown fight last week, he encouraged Congress to come up with a compromise — perhaps a trade of wall funding for temporary relief for Dreamers as he had previously proposed.
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The shutdown was a political poison pill for Trump. I will bet there will not be another. The first one hurt his chances of reelection. The next will be political suicide.
Democrats and Republicans are unlikely to trade wall funding for Dreamer relief in their dash to avert another shutdown.
Congressional negotiators haven’t even held their first meeting yet to avert a new shutdown, but the prospect of a big deal on border security and immigration is essentially dead.
When President Donald Trump caved in the 35-day shutdown fight last week, he encouraged Congress to come up with a compromise — perhaps a trade of wall funding for temporary relief for Dreamers as he had previously proposed.
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The shutdown was a political poison pill for Trump. I will bet there will not be another. The first one hurt his chances of reelection. The next will be political suicide.