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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 02:33 PM Jan 2019

If we agree Trump will only take them hostage again in the future

BREAKING: Trump to offer temporary protections for undocumented 'dreamers' in exchange for $5.7 bil
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BREAKING NEWS: The president is expected to detail the proposal to Democrats in a rare Saturday address at 4 p.m. It comes as the record-breaking government shutdown entered its 29th day.

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President Trump is preparing to make a new offer to Democrats that could end the record-breaking government shutdown in a rare Saturday address from the White House, while stopping short of declaring a national emergency on the southern border.

With the shutdown in its 29th day, Trump was expected to propose items he believes Democrats favor as part of a broader border-security package, according to two people familiar with White House planning. The hope is the proposal would revive negotiations with congressional Democrats, which have been nonexistent for days.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/trump-to-make-new-offer-to-democrats-as-government-shutdown-drags-on/2019/01/19/2cde029e-1bf3-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.480f066242a2



If we agree Trump will only take them hostage again in the future

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If we agree Trump will only take them hostage again in the future (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2019 OP
agreed. i think any deal has to include an end to the government shutdown crap. unblock Jan 2019 #1
Give in the terrorist in the White House and he will use this going forward to get his way kimbutgar Jan 2019 #2
dems must stay strong to resist this nonsense AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #3
Trump is a career criminal. Criminals never quit. dalton99a Jan 2019 #4
Never negotiate with Terrorists.... Pachamama Jan 2019 #5

unblock

(52,267 posts)
1. agreed. i think any deal has to include an end to the government shutdown crap.
Sat Jan 19, 2019, 02:45 PM
Jan 2019

just pass a law that says if there's no new authorization, the old one continues, perhaps with a modest haircut -- but that in any event, workers' salaries are continued without interruption.

some of the annual hostage-taking crap has got to stop.

why the hell do we have such stupidity built-in to the budget process???

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