The real story on the budget donsurber.com, Feb 17, 2019, Don Surber
The budget resolution was supposed to be filled with landmines that would thwart President Trump's efforts to protect the nation. The rumor mill went into overdrive on Thursday and Friday. I waited to see what was in the budget before I reacted.
Paul Bedard, now with the Washington Examiner, said none of the poison pills made it, and the president did far better than the media reported.
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Bedard said the original continuing resolution set aside $500 million for the wall. President Trump nearly tripled that to $1.375 billion.
And Bedard reported, "On detention beds, the number increased 13 percent over fiscal 2018. And when another $750 million in transfer and reprogramming authority is added in, it represents a 44 percent increase, said the source.
"What’s more, the bill provides historic funding levels for ICE and Customs and Border Protection, a rejection of liberal efforts to kill the agencies. It was a 7 percent budget increase for a combined $21.5 billion."
Trump asked for the moon and the stars and the Milky Way. Pelosi said you'll get nothing. He'll settle for the moon then.
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