On the other hand, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca) said, “We believe there is still time” to work on a resolution to avert a shutdown. He said, “We’ll gonna have border security…We’ll gonna solve this problem.”
Meanwhile, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La) told reporters that they will include $5 billion for border wall and funding for disaster relief in the short-term spending bill.
Scalise said, “We’ll move that later on today — this is about securing America’s border.”
Democrats will not approve funding for “ineffective and expensive” border wall
In response to Trump’s decision and the House GOP’s plan, Senate Minority Leader Chuck (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) said Democrats will not support funding for the border wall.
In his remarks at the Senate floor, Schumer said, “Trump’s allies in the House can pound their fists on the table all they want but it’s not going to get a wall. They can, having caught the Trump temper tantrum fever, jump up and down, yell and scream. It’s not going to get a wall.”
