GOP lawmaker proposes legislative maneuver to fund Trump's border wall

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) on Monday announced legislation aimed at allowing Republicans to circumvent Senate Democrats and provide funding for President Trump's wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The 50 Votes for the Wall Act, introduced on Friday, would allow Congress to use the budget reconciliation process — which was used to pass the GOP's tax overhaul bill in 2017 — to get around the 60-vote threshold needed to pass legislation in the Senate, where Republicans hold a 51-49 majority.

The bill would establish a Border Wall and Security Trust Fund, allowing the secretary of Homeland Security to request up to $25 billion from the U.S. Treasury to construct the barrier and pay for other wall-related expenses.

“Border security is national security, and we cannot allow Democrats to continue to block our efforts to build a wall along our southern border," Byrne said in a statement Monday. "That is why I am introducing the 50 Votes for the Wall Act, which creates a process to overcome the Democrat obstruction and move forward with plans to construct President Donald Trump’s border wall."

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/412631-gop-lawmaker-proposes-legislative-maneuver-to-fund-trumps-border-wall

[Gothmog]

1. This plan would not work under senate rules

[bluestarone]

2. TY

I'm hoping you are right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. They can only use the "Reconciliation" process 3 times in a fiscal year

and it would have to be for 3 different subjects/types of legislation (needing to be "budget neutral" ). So I doubt they would use up one of their chits for something like this or it might not be do-able if it adds to the deficit.

And if we manage to take the House, then all of that bullshit would be DOA anyway.