TRUMP TO REPUBLICANS: WHERE'S MONEY FOR WALL? Missing from GOP-led House spending bill, by Art Moore,
9/20/18, WND.
President Trump on Thursday criticized leaders of his own party along with Democrats for not including funding for the promised border wall in their spending bills.
Perdue said the stopgap bill amounts to Republicans “caving to Senate Democrats who are doing everything they can to derail President Trump’s agenda, including funding for border security and the wall.”
Perdue was one of seven senators who opposed the stopgap bill approved by the Senate. The House is expected to approve the bill next week, days ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline for a government shutdown.
“I want to know, where is
the money for Border Security and
the WALL in this ridiculous Spending Bill, and where will it come from after
the Midterms?” he tweeted. ‘Dems are obstructing Law Enforcement and Border
Security.
REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET
TOUGH!’ Trump also tweeted that the border can’t be secured “because of the
Democrats historic level of Obstruction.” Trump, earlier this month, said he
might use the Army Corps of Engineers to complete the wall.
On Tuesday, the Senate
approved a stopgap bill keeping the government open through Dec. 7 that funds
the military and some civilian agencies for the next year but does not fund the
wall. The House is expected to approve the bill next week ahead of the Sept. 30
deadline for shutting down the government.
Congress is considering
separate spending bills to fund the wall, and Republican leaders have said they
prefer to resolve the issue after the Nov. 6 elections, the Associated Press
reported.
In his tweets Thursday,
Trump cited an opinion column by Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga. — one of seven senators
to oppose the stopgap bill — blaming Democrats for the failure to fund the
wall.
While Trump is seeking
$5 billion for the wall next year, a bill being considered in the Senate
allocates only $1.6 billion.
A House committee
approved a bill that includes $5 billion for physical barriers and associated
technology along the border with Mexico.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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