As February 15 looms, it seems less and less likely that any funding compromise ultimately brokered would include broader immigration reforms, according to a Tuesday Politico report.
Democrats won’t deal on DACA, since they doubt the President would be willing to put any long term protections in place. Without a big sweetener, President Donald Trump is likely to get a mere fraction of his wall funding, if anything.
Most lawmakers would take even a narrow deal omitting other immigration reforms—anything to avoid another shutdown. “Whatever works,” Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said succinctly.
Democrats are expected to offer money for border security, but not the wall. Republicans plan to demand the full $5.7 billion Trump wants for the wall.
The key thing to note is that this is only off the table because Republicans in general, and Trump in particular, probably won’t be able or willing to offer a permanent fix to DACA, without some poison pill. Trump’s base would never forgive anyone for protecting dreamers, and I cannot see him testing his base on that issue.
Republicans plan to demand the full $5.7 billion Trump wants for the wall.
I believe they really want to destroy the party
The 31% want the wall
No one else
My handy calculator tells me 31% does not win elections and if they get primaried the FreeDumb caucus will put forth totally unelectable nut bars.
Welcome to the Lose-Lose world of Donald J Trump
I remember as a kid my old man whipping my ass twice, for the same offense, within a matter of days, or even hours. Didn’t happen often after the first few incidents. Ass whippings hurt.
Nancy will have to get out her belt again evidently. Everyone learns the hard way at first.
In a conversation with someone who kept repeating that “we need a wall, he promised a wall and he has to keep that promise,” I repeatedly pointed out that the one absolute rule of politics is that if you don’t have the votes, you don’t get what you want. (Yes, there are some tricks that can be played, for something small and without strong objections, or if the vote is really close, but the principle generally holds. And several of these tricks are no longer operative now that Republicans no longer control the House.) She simply did not want to accept this very basic truth.
“There would certainly be no education in the third kick of a mule.” - a certain turtle-man wearing Kick Me! sign on his back.