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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump "wants a trillion dollars worth of work on the ground, were going to give it to him"
Mulvaney said the border wall was a top demand in an offer the White House delivered to negotiators Wednesday night. The Trump administration also forwarded a $30 billion request for the military and to grant the administration the power to deny federal grants to sanctuary cities.
In exchange, the White House may consider insurance subsidies for low-income Americans to keep the Affordable Care Act kicking, Mulvaney said, if the Democrats can swallow the wall.
Mulvaneys plan rattled ongoing negotiations between the parties to pass a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown on April 28, when spending authorization ends. Talk of the wall hadnt come up until Mulvaneys demand. Even Republicans had agreed that it should be addressed later, after the urgent stopgap spending issue, reported The Washington Post.
Were certainly going to spend some money, Mulvaney said Thursday at the Institute of International Finance, Bloomberg reported. The president wants a trillion dollars worth of work on the ground, and were going to give it to him.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stopgap-funding-mexican-wall_us_58f97f11e4b00fa7de12e4b9?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
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Trump "wants a trillion dollars worth of work on the ground, were going to give it to him" (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Apr 2017
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. BLACKMAIL !!
Demsrule86
(68,643 posts)2. It won't work...and will hurt the Republicans.
If the Dems gave in they would be expected to give in on everything...so let the GOP threaten the ACA and shut down the government.
DK504
(3,847 posts)3. They are going to spend more money
What happened to decreasing the deficit and trade ratios the debt..... oh yeah, he doesn't doesn't even know what that means.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)4. Those subsidies are already in the ACA. He's threatening to withhold them if he doesn't get the wall
Ohioblue22
(1,430 posts)5. good luck with that . the only thing stopping you is your party