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If a military grade high tech barrier and scanning system for every vehicle coming through the border can be produced and instituted for $500 million--even if it runs over--it is a whole lot cheaper than a cement wall or steel slats. This is the 21st century. We should be using 21st century technology--not medieval.
Why are you guys so ready to spend our money on a folly? And no, it will not pay for itself. The majority of illegal aliens do not come through the southern border. They fly in and stay.
The Democrats have their bill ready to go. It's virtually the same one the Senate passed and Trump said he would sign. It was good enough before. It's good enough now. That's all Trump and the GOP are getting.
Since the country holds Trump responsible for this shutdown, the Democrats are in the catbird seat here. They have nothing to lose by waiting for the Republicans to finally, finally step up and do something.
Why not? It passed the Senate once already. What has changed? Donnie threw a tantrum?
The Senate would have passed the $5 bill wall bill, on a straight line basis, in Jan, 2013. I suspect they never intended to pass the same bill as the House with $0 for a wall. They wanted WH statement saying "No" to a $0 wall funding bill.
A deal can surely be reached, close to the midpoint of funding (a few bill border security).
Both sides have indicated that.
Until then, this is a big so what. USA has shutdowns every POTUS term. We survive just fine.
The Senate would have passed the $5 bill wall bill, on a straight line basis, in Jan, 2013. I suspect they never intended to pass the same bill as the House with $0 for a wall. They wanted WH statement saying "No" to a $0 wall funding bill.
A deal can surely be reached, close to the midpoint of funding (a few bill border security).
Both sides have indicated that.
Until then, this is a big so what. USA has shutdowns every POTUS term. We survive just fine.
More likely the deal will be $1.7 billion, the number in the original bill. The one Trump said he would sign before he said he wouldn't.
After the shellacking they took in November, I would love to see the Republicans finally grow a pair and push back against Trump. Their future may depend on it. Time to get on the right side of history.
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