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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts) Sat Jan 19, 2019, 10:08 AM Jan 2019

House Democrats Add $1 Billion in Border-Related Spending to Measures to Reopen Government

WASHINGTON — House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a “major announcement” on Saturday about the border and the shutdown stalemate.

Both sides’ actions were the first indications of possible movement over the shutdown after a week of inertia and harsh words between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Trump. That conflict culminated when the president, responding to Ms. Pelosi’s request that he postpone his State of the Union address, announced on Thursday that he would not authorize the use of a military plane to fly her and other members of Congress to Afghanistan to meet with American troops.

Ms. Pelosi said Friday she was postponing the trip after the White House leaked her alternative plan to use a commercial airline because she had been advised it was too dangerous.

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House Democrats Add $1 Billion in Border-Related Spending to Measures to Reopen Government (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jan 2019 OP

"would include additional border protection measures they have endorsed,:...." . riversedge Jan 2019 #1

More personnel and technology mcar Jan 2019 #2

This is fine. Shows Dems recognize border security is an issue. honest.abe Jan 2019 #3

riversedge

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1. "would include additional border protection measures they have endorsed,:...." .

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Sat Jan 19, 2019, 10:33 AM

Jan 2019

NOT a WALL -I wish that was in the OP

House Democrats Add $1 Billion in Border-Related Spending to Measures to Reopen Government

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-democrats-add-dollar1-billion-in-border-related-spending-to-measures-to-reopen-government/ar-BBSqldl?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS
10 hrs ago

WASHINGTON —.......................

Democrats are also considering a new funding bill for the department, which has $1.3 billion allocated for border security. The proposal would include additional border protection measures they have endorsed, such as more personnel and scanning technology to intercept illicit drugs.

It is far from clear whether the strategy will lead anywhere given Mr. Trump’s demand that any such measure must include money for his wall. Over the past two weeks, the House has passed an array of bills to reopen the government, including several Republican-drafted measures, only to be blocked by Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, who says he will not bring up any bill the president will not sign.

But the ideas amount to a tacit acknowledgment by Democrats that, even as they criticize Mr. Trump’s tactics and demands in the shutdown fight, they have largely allowed him to define the terms of the debate on border security, and that they must be more effective in articulating their own position on the issue.

“People want to make sure that it’s clear that the Democrats do stand for border security, and not allow the president to determine how we talk about it,” said Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California. “We can’t cave to his vision for a wall, because of everything that it represents, but we also want to show that we’re for something.”..............................................