Government shutdown nears as Congress debates Trump's wall
"I believe it will" @Reince45 on whether government remains open Friday at budget deadline.
AG Sessions: "I can't imagine the Democrats would shut down the government over an objection" to border wall funds http://abcn.ws/2oic197 pic.twitter.com/sSE4oOXjah
DHS Sec Kelly tells @DanaBashCNN that he expects Trump to be "insistent on funding" for border wall in stopgap govt funding measure #CNNsotu
The Democrats don't want money from budget going to border wall despite the fact that it will stop drugs and very bad MS 13 gang members.
Eventually, but at a later date so we can get started early, Mexico will be paying, in some form, for the badly needed border wall.
"Build the wall and make Mexico pay for it eventually but at a later date" doesn't roll of the tongue so wellhttps://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/856172056932700164 …
Pelosi: "The president...is expressing a sign of weakness. He's saying 'I can't control our borders. I have to build a wall.'" #MTPpic.twitter.com/E5ePOFy5Yz
.@AGBecerra to @ThisWeekABC: US taxpayers "probably are very much aligned with Mexico"—neither wants "to pay for a medieval wall."pic.twitter.com/alCEQAF1NN
.@SenatorDurbin: Trump's border wall is an "outlandish," unaffordable, "political stunt" that "should not shut down the government."
OMB Director Mulvaney on Gov’t Shutdown: I don’t think anyone is trying to get to a shutdown, not a desired end.
.@marcorubio: "We cannot shut down the government right now"pic.twitter.com/ET3J926ZfM
Attorney General Jeff Sessions: "We need that wall...and I believe Congress will eventually deliver." http://abcn.ws/2oz24jP #ThisWeekpic.twitter.com/bCdTl7T7Rg
.@JohnKasich: Politicians are locked in, they are afraid of their own shadows.pic.twitter.com/EjX3AOowxY