Nancy Pelosi Prepares Border Security Package Despite Ongoing Shutdown
By Jim E | January 24, 2019 10:19AM
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is reportedly preparing a spending package for border-security measures despite the ongoing government shutdown.
Pelosi is considering this spending package despite vowing to not negotiate on any border-security measures until the current shutdown is ended. Here’s what she said in a recent statement regarding Trump’s latest proposal to reopen the government and build a border wall in exchange for offering a safety period to so-called DACA recipients: “Democrats were hopeful that the President was finally willing to re-open government and proceed with a much-need discussion to protect the border. Unfortunately, initial reports make clear that his proposal is a compilation of several previously rejected initiatives, each of which is unacceptable and in total, do not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to people’s lives.â€
Pelosi is playing hardball, refusing to acknowledge or consider any deal that would give Trump anything he wants on border security in order to open the government. But, it appears, that may be changing. Politico reports this morning that Pelosi is considering a border-security spending measure in order to entice Trump into reopening the government.
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