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https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/19/politics/house-democrats-border-security-funding-trump/index.html
Lots of interesting stuff in this story.
*Deal is expected to be very similar to deals Dems have been open to in the past...so a move to put the pressure of public opinion on Dems as opposed to Trump. Of course, it should be pointed out that Trump REJECTED this very type of deal months ago.
*It’s rumored Trump is proposing this now because he wants to have a reason other than tit for tat for canceling Pelosi’s plane that would have taken her to Afghanistan.
*Dems might try to resist anyway, basing their stance on the polls that show the public doesn’t want a wall...and they may tout their bills that include money for all sorts of beefed up border protections...just not a wall.
Will be fascinating to watch how this plays out. If I was the Dems, I’d be tempted to counter with “sign the bipartisan bills we already have in place to end the shutdown...then we’ll talk about this”.
Lots of interesting stuff in this story.
*Deal is expected to be very similar to deals Dems have been open to in the past...so a move to put the pressure of public opinion on Dems as opposed to Trump. Of course, it should be pointed out that Trump REJECTED this very type of deal months ago.
*It’s rumored Trump is proposing this now because he wants to have a reason other than tit for tat for canceling Pelosi’s plane that would have taken her to Afghanistan.
*Dems might try to resist anyway, basing their stance on the polls that show the public doesn’t want a wall...and they may tout their bills that include money for all sorts of beefed up border protections...just not a wall.
Will be fascinating to watch how this plays out. If I was the Dems, I’d be tempted to counter with “sign the bipartisan bills we already have in place to end the shutdown...then we’ll talk about this”.