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pepperbear

(5,648 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:13 PM Jan 2019

GOP lawmaker: trump's "straw man proposal" not meant to become law

https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/01/20/trump-shutdown-immigration-james-lankford-1116062

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"They've listened to a lot of Democrat and Republican members for the last month. They've heard all the demands, they know all the background on it,” said Lankford, a member of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

“Put out a straw man proposal. Get something out there the president can say, ‘I can support this’ — and has elements from both sides. Put it on the table, then open it up for debate.”

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