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Dulcinea

(6,671 posts) Wed May 3, 2017, 02:29 PM May 2017

Why GOP-run Congress didnt fund Trumps wall

MAY 2, 2017 WASHINGTON—What happened to President Trump’s wall in this week’s bipartisan budget deal is a good way to look at the new political dynamic in Washington.

For it is a new dynamic. Up to this point – the cabinet confirmations, the Supreme Court justice, the regulatory rollbacks – all could be done with a GOP majority in Congress and a Republican in the White House.

But Congress is now in the budgeting phase, and budgeting – as well as most other major legislation – still requires clearing a 60-vote threshold in the Senate. For the first time since Mr. Trump took office, Republicans and Democrats actually have to work together to get something done.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0502/Why-GOP-run-Congress-didn-t-fund-Trump-s-wall

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Why GOP-run Congress didnt fund Trumps wall (Original Post) Dulcinea May 2017 OP

Also, I think the majority in those border states don't want the wall MiniMe May 2017 #1

MiniMe

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1. Also, I think the majority in those border states don't want the wall

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Thu May 4, 2017, 01:55 AM

May 2017

It was a good talking point during the election, but it would also involve a lot of land grabs through eminent domain and a lot of people would lose land to the government. And no matter how much they are paid for it, it is never enough.

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