GOP nervous that border wall fight could prompt year-end shutdown
It’s only June, but President Trump’s laser-like focus on immigration and desire for a border wall is making GOP lawmakers nervous that lagging talks on a budget deal could further bog down and lead to another government shutdown.
Trump is demanding $5 billion in border-wall funding as part of a deal that would put ceilings on federal spending and raise the debt ceiling.
A senior administration official on Friday said the Senate should put together appropriations bills that fund the president’s border-wall request. The GOP Senate could then negotiate with Democrats in the House on compromise version of the spending bills later this year.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and other Senate Republicans see that as a risky strategy that could lead to another stalemate and potential government shutdown at the end of the year.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Senate Republicans are eager to avoid the chance of another government shutdown but Trump is more focused on revving up his conservative base ahead of the 2020 election. He wants to show he’s doing everything to deliver on his top campaign promise: building the wall.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/448674-gop-nervous-that-border-wall-fight-could-prompt-year-end-shutdown?rnd=1560706819
These idiots had two years when they controlled everything and they still couldn't get the wall built.
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