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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 27, 2018, 09:32:33 pm
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Republicans float $5B plan to fund wall for two years
By Niv Elis - 11/27/18 01:43 PM EST
Senate Republicans are proposing a compromise that would provide $5 billion for President Trump’s southern border wall over two years.
“We’re not there yet, but it makes sense to us,†Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said of the two-year approach.
The Senate passed $1.6 billion in wall funding in its Homeland Security bill, in line with the White House’s original request. But Trump has since upped the ante to $5 billion, an amount the House included in its version of the bill.
Trump has threatened to veto any spending package that does not fund the wall to his satisfaction.
Congress faces a Dec. 7 deadline to fund the rest of the government and prevent a shutdown. It has seven spending bills to complete.
Before Thanksgiving, Trump told Shelby that the $5 billion figure was a red line for him.
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https://thehill.com/policy/finance/418473-republicans-float-5b-plan-to-fund-wall-for-two-years
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One could reasonably expect Paul Ryan, the Quitter, heading off to his $7 figure Reward, could handle this as a going away measure.
For the country, the wall would be a bargain, compared to the Marshall Plan that Pelosi probably has for Central America.
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Geez, they could have come up with a National Lottery.
$20 per ticket. Multiple million dollar winners.
They'd be able to rebuild the Great Wall of China.
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Geez, they could have come up with a National Lottery.
$20 per ticket. Multiple million dollar winners.
They'd be able to rebuild the Great Wall of China.
The 1st Wall is already up, and Personally, I like Trump's Great Wall Around China.