Durbin: Shutdown deal remains elusive because Trump "doesn't care"
Source: msn.com
Camilo Montoya-Galvez 6 hrs ago
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the second-highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, said lawmakers and the White House remain deeply divided over budget negotiations to reopen the government, saying President Trump "doesn't care" if the partial shutdown continues to drag on.
"I can't say that we're close, because the president has made it clear he doesn't care," Durbin said on "Face the Nation" Sunday. "He's prepared to see a shutdown for months and even said years, and reaffirmed that before the cameras. It was stunning to hear a president of the United States say that about his own government, a government we elected him to lead."
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Durbin dismissed Mr. Trump's repeated accusations that Democrats are not supporting funds for a border wall only because he made the issue an integral theme of his campaign and White House agenda.
"Well, I would just say, do you remember the president's words? How could you forget? A concrete wall 2,000 miles long from sea to shining sea paid for by the Mexicans. How many times did he say that to the American people?" Durbin said. "That is not what any of us have ever voted for in the past."......................................
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That's when the SNAP program will run out of funds. That's a lot of people including small children, low income seniors and many Americans with disabilities. I am one of them and my stomach is starting to growl just thinking about it. But Trump doesn't care. I hope someone out there does. 
