Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:40 PM
DonViejo (53,736 posts)
House Dems seek to delay wall fight until September
Source: The Hill
BY NIV ELIS - 12/06/18 11:40 AM EST House Democrats' preferred plan in their border wall dispute with President Trump would push a showdown over funding until the end of the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. In that scenario, Congress would pass 6 of the 7 remaining appropriations bills for 2019, and a continuing resolution (CR) for Homeland Security, the bill that deals with border security funding. "That’s pretty much where our position is now,” said Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) on Thursday. That position may put House Democrats slightly at odds with their Senate counterparts. While Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) floated the same approach last week, he is championing it as one of two options Democrats could abide. The second option, now apparently off the table, was to advance a bipartisan bill passed in the Senate Appropriations Committee this summer that included $1.6 billion in funding for 65 miles of pedestrian fencing. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/finance/420053-house-dems-seek-to-delay-wall-fight-until-september
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Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:50 PM
still_one (61,344 posts)
1. Make that September 2021
Response to still_one (Reply #1)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 12:54 PM
brush (22,281 posts)
2. Sept. 2020 seems timed to affect the election. Let's see how that plays out.
Last edited Thu Dec 6, 2018, 01:35 PM - Edit history (1) trump may be so unpopular by then, or even out, the wall issue will fizzle.
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Response to brush (Reply #2)
Thu Dec 6, 2018, 01:31 PM
still_one (61,344 posts)
3. I am hoping we win the WH and both houses of Congress in 2020, so when 2021 comes around, there
will be NO wall issue
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