Trump Tweets Image of Proposed Border Wall
By Fox News, In the midst of a contentious fight with Democrats over a possible partial government shutdown and funding for border security, President Trump on Friday tweeted an image of the proposed wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful!” the president wrote in a caption for an image of what appeared to be a tall steel picket-designed fence.
A design of our Steel Slat Barrier which is totally effective while at the same time beautiful! pic.twitter.com/sGltXh0cu9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 21, 2018
The Democrats, are saying loud and clear that they do not want to build a Concrete Wall – but we are not building a Concrete Wall, we are building artistically designed steel slats, so that you can easily see through it….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
The tweet from Trump came amid a debate over government funding. The Senate has been scrambling to take up a spending package with billions in funding for a border wall, as Trump made clear there is a “good chance” of a partial government shutdown at midnight. (Read more from “Trump Tweets Image of Proposed Border Wall” HERE)
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GOP Senators Float DACA Fix to Rescue Stalled House Border-Wall Bill
By The Hill. Some Senate Republicans are proposing a reauthorization of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in a last-ditch attempt to rescue funding for President Trump’s border wall.
As a motion to proceed to the House-passed measure providing $5.7 billion for the border wall and security stalled on the Senate floor, some Republicans proposed at a private lunch meeting to add protections for certain immigrants in order to pick up Democratic support.
“I don’t see any reason to proceed to a bill that can’t pass,” said Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.), a Republican who voted against a motion to proceed to the House bill, which keeps 25 percent of the government funded until Feb. 8.
Flake said he wants to “find a bill that can pass.”
“I think one that could — if we’re going to reopen this thing to add more money for a wall or steel slats, or whatever you want to call it, then throw DACA in, too,” Flake said, adding that several colleagues support his position. (Read more from “GOP Senators Float DACA Fix to Rescue Stalled House Border-Wall Bill” HERE)
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