WASHINGTON -- President Trump’s plan for a border wall is the main obstacle to passing a funding bill. Congress has just four days to do it or risk a government shutdown. “The cost of the wall is staggering. The money would be better spent elsewhere,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer said Monday as the Senate returned from its two-week recess. Sensing a split GOP, Democrats led by Schumer dug in their heels on funding for a still-hypothetical border wall. Critical week ahead as Trump nears 100-day milestone Trump’s border wall faces number of setbacks “The Trump administration has not shown us any specific plans about how and where the wall will be built,” Schumer said. “How high will it be? How much will it cost? Where along the Rio Grande River will it be built?” Republicans were hoping to hold off on this fight until the fall. But with the 100-day milestone looming, the White House is pushing them to help Mr. Trump … [Read more...] about Trump’s border wall presents main obstacle to averting shutdown
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Border wall, Hudson River project hold up spending bill
Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Updated 10:22 pm, Monday, March 19, 2018 Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, the U.S. Capitol in the early morning in Washington. Top-level Capitol Hill talks on a massive $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill are reaching a critical stage as negotiators confront immigration issues, abortion-related controversies, and a battle over a massive rail project that pits President Donald Trump against his most powerful Democratic adversary. less FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2017, file photo, the U.S. Capitol in the early morning in Washington. Top-level Capitol Hill talks on a massive $1.3 trillion catchall spending bill are reaching a critical stage as ... more Photo: J. Scott Applewhite, AP Border wall, Hudson River project hold up … [Read more...] about Border wall, Hudson River project hold up spending bill
Mexico will “be very happy to pay” for border wall, Trump says
President Donald Trump said in a recent interview with CBS News that Mexico will "be very happy to pay" for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. "Face the Nation" moderator John Dickerson interviewed Mr. Trump behind the scenes of his rally last Saturday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. As the president was preparing to walk onstage, chants of "Build that wall!" echoed from the audience in the rally hall. "Can you hear that, John?" The president asked. "Believe me, that's what they want." "Do you think they care about how it's paid for?" Dickerson asked. "Oh, Mexico is going to pay," the president replied. Dickerson followed up, "A hundred percent – the whole thing?" "A hundred percent," the president replied. "They're going to be happy with it. They'll be very happy to pay." During the campaign and since he's assumed office, Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed that he will build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and that Mexico will pay for it. More recently, however, Mr. Trump … [Read more...] about Mexico will “be very happy to pay” for border wall, Trump says
OMB Director Mick Mulvaney: Senator Schumer Is Pulling A Fast One Offering To Authorize Building A Border Wall
Audio clip: Listen to audio clip. Mick Mulvaney, Director of White House Office Of Management And Budget, joined Brian Kilmeade with the latest on the impasse between republicans and democrats on the government shutdown. Mulvaney said the democrats want the funding bill to be their way or the highway over DACA. When asked about Senator Schumer saying he is willing to authorize the building of the border wall, Mulvaney said he is pulling a fast one because authorizing the wall to be built is different from appropriating the money to actually build the wall and pointed out that Schumer voted to authorize a border wall in 2006 but the money was never appropriated to build the wall. When asked to respond to Joe Scarborough calling him a liar, Mulvaney said, "I still watch Morning Joe for the entertainment value but I think they long ago ceased to be anything close to a reputable program. The answer in terms of the specifics on the wall was that what we know Schumer offered now as … [Read more...] about OMB Director Mick Mulvaney: Senator Schumer Is Pulling A Fast One Offering To Authorize Building A Border Wall
White House, Dems restart negotiations over DACA, funding border wall
close Video White House, Democrats trade offers to address 'dreamers' Immigration talks were part of larger negotiations on $1.3 trillion government spending bill, which Congress must pass by midnight Friday to avert another government shutdown; chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill. The White House and congressional Democrats traded proposals over the weekend about how to fix an Obama-era program protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation, Fox News has learned. A source familiar with the talks said discussions broke down after Democrats rejected a bid by the Trump administration to extend protections for those enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program until the fall of 2020. In exchange, the White House would receive $25 billion in funding for President Trump's long-sought wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Democrats countered with an offer … [Read more...] about White House, Dems restart negotiations over DACA, funding border wall