Yesterday, the House passed a package of legislation to end the partial government shutdown. The legislation does not include any funding for the border wall and is expected to be dead on arrival in the Senate. Trump is expected to veto the spending bills.
Pelosi called the border wall an “immorality” and a “diversion” by the President to hide what he is doing Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security in his budget proposal. She vowed, “We’re not doing a wall.”
Democrats and Republicans remain firm on their position over border wall funding
On Friday, both Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing—they want to open up the government. However, they are not budging on their position on border wall funding.
Trump said, “We won’t be opening [the government] until it is solved. We think this is a much bigger problem. The border is a much more dangerous problem…We won’t be doing pieces. We won’t be doing it in drips and drabs.”
Additionally, Trump stressed, “We set out a number, $5.6 billion, we’re very firm on a number. We have to get a structure built.
