GOP leaders aim to avert shutdown over wall funding, but Trump makes no promises
resident Trump did not commit Thursday to avoiding a partial government shutdown next month if lawmakers don’t give him money to build a border wall, a top Republican senator said, raising the potential for a high-stakes budget battle as the GOP prepares to lose its grip on Congress.
Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and other GOP leaders met with Trump on Thursday about ways to fund the government. Shelby said Trump did not commit to signing a bill that does not give him all the money he wants to fund construction of a wall along the Mexico border. Shelby said Trump was noncommittal about how he planned to proceed.
“He didn’t say ‘I’m going to keep the government open.’ We didn’t ask him that question,” Shelby told reporters after returning from the White House. “We talked about avoiding a shutdown ... He seemed to agree with that.”
Trump’s staff has warned him he may not get the full $5 billion he has demanded for new wall construction for 2019, according to a person briefed on the discussions who was not authorized to reveal deliberations.
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Take your wall and shove it up your ass.
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