White House pressures Senate to find a shutdown solution: 'We'll see... what they pass'
by Robert Donachie
| December 18, 2018 03:11 PM
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday pressured the Senate to come up with a solution for the pending government shutdown, and said the administration would decide what it thinks about the idea once it passes.
"At this point we're disappointed in the fact they've yet to vote and pass something," Sanders told reporters at the White House Tuesday when asked how a shutdown might be avoided after Friday. "When they do that, we'll make a determination whether we're going to sign that."
Her comment came as the White House continues to battle Democrats over its demand for $5 billion in funding for a wall on the southern border. Democrats have resisted that demand, but Sanders indicated that the $1.6 billion Democrats are willing to provide might be enough if the administration decides it can reprogram unused money already in the government on its own, and spend it on the border wall.
Sanders said White House lawyers are trying to "find out those specific pots of money that can be used for that."
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