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The president wanted $25 billion of funding for the project. He only got $1.6 billion to construct defenses on the U.S.-Mexico border, but most of the money is earmarked for specific projects that would have probably gone forward even if Hillary Clinton was president. “The biggest catch is this: The barriers authorized to be built under the act must be ‘operationally effective designs’ already deployed as of last March, meaning none of Trump’s big, beautiful wall prototypes can be built,” Ed O’Keefe notes in a story with Mike DeBonis and Erica Werner.
Trump nearly derailed the whole package Wednesday because there was not more wall funding, but he relented after Paul Ryan paid an emergency visit to the White House residence. Mitch McConnell dialed in and was on speakerphone. “They argued that he was getting money for the border wall at a level the White House had been signaling was acceptable,” per Robert Costa and Josh Dawsey. “In recent days, he has insisted to associates that congressional Republicans ‘owe’ him more money for the wall since he has raised them millions for their reelection bids and signed the GOP-authored tax bill into law. Tuesday’s dinner gala for the National Republican Congressional Committee — the $32 million that event raised for House lawmakers, in particular — was on the president’s mind.”
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill supported by President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell provides almost $1.6 billion for “fencing” and “levees” on the Southwest Border.
But the bill is very specific on how the money must be spent in the next six months, ruling out any concrete barriers such as the prototypes Trump visited in California on March 13
• This bill does not provide adequate funding for border security. $1.5 billion will be minimally effective in delivering not just our promise, but your promise, to build a wall and keep our country secure. Sanctuary cities also continue to receive federal funds.
It won't work, it just moves the problem to another area. But the trumpettes went for it.
That's the point, geez!!! They will be forced to try and enter at more difficult and dangerous areas. Fewer will try and fewer will succeed, duh. Stop with the childish "trumpettes" nonsense also.
The bill is for only 6 months spending. A wall is years away from breaking ground in most places. The big blow is that they can't build it in the wildlife refuge as that was considered low hanging fruit for building it as land is owned and the engineering is easy. There's always next years appropriation. Then again, a blue tsunami and changing demographics should sweep away any bi wall dreams for a generation at least.
Far short of his request, less than 10% of the $18 billion he wanted. And even though he visited those prototypes...he is prohibited from using ANY of them. All will be fencing. And guess who's paying for it....NOT Mexico, but US taxpayers. More winning!!!
But of that $1.6 billion, only $641 million of that money is designated for 33 miles of “new fencing or levees.” The rest of the money is for repairing or replacing existing fencing or border security technology.
Rush is talking about this now. Said the Senate isn't going to do a budget next year so this will go beyond six months as stated, which means no money for the wall and fewer agents hired!
Space to detain illegals will be reduced to less than we have now which means there will be no point in arresting them. Catch and release will remain.
Sanctuary cities will continue getting money.
Start emailing the White House and calling Make a lot of noise!
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Stop with the childish "trumpettes" nonsense also.