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Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Key Senate Republicans open-minded about the military building Trump’s wall

The Republican chairmen of the Senate’s armed services and appropriations committees both said Tuesday they would consider President Trump’s newest suggestion that the Pentagon build his southern border wall.

The president again floated military construction as a secondary option as he faced off with Democrats and prepared Tuesday to enter a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and the likely next House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over the $5 billion in border wall funding he wants added into appropriations bills this month.

“The president’s got a lot of leeway on all this. Under the Constitution, he has the right and duty to defend the nation and protect the borders and everything that goes with it,” said Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the Senate Appropriations Committee chairman who would oversee Pentagon spending on a border wall.

The border wall fight threatens to shut down the government when a stopgap funding measure runs out on Dec. 21 and the support, or at least open-mindedness from Republican leaders, could give Trump more leverage in the funding negotiations with Democrats.

“If the Democrats do not give us the votes to secure our Country, the Military will build the remaining sections of the Wall. They know how important it is!” Trump tweeted Tuesday morning.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent !! Claymores / Mines placed by the Pros !!!

Anonymous said...

Build a Military quality Wall that No damn one can get
through Period ......I know they can do it !!! Hoorah !!

Anonymous said...

Make Mexico PAY FOR IT TOOOO !!!


simply tax the Booze = Paid for in less than a year !! LOL

Anonymous said...

Tax the Drugs coming across & make a Mega Wall !!!

Hell , it would would be enough to make a Canada Wall too !!!!

Anonymous said...

Use Attack Drones to do security Rounds on the WAll areas !!