Lawmakers line up to avert shutdown

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By Erica Werner, Sean Sullivan, Damian Paletta and John Wagner
February 12 at 9:26 PM

The threat of another government shutdown receded Tuesday as lawmakers lined up behind a fragile border security compromise ...

Trump did not publicly endorse the bipartisan agreement ... But .. suggested he might be able to accept the deal, saying he could take other steps to fund his wall ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-wont-commit-to-congress-border-deal-to-avert-shutdown/2019/02/12/16275638-2ed9-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.8642cedd1148

Coming up next! President sells missiles to Iran and smuggles cocaine to raise money for wall

[Wounded Bear]

1. It's not a perfect deal, but...

I would love if they passed it through both houses with 70% approval.

Veto that, you orange dog turd.

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2. GOP leader presses him to agree to border deal

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON AND SCOTT WONG - 02/12/19 06:52 PM EST

... <Trump> said he planned to add to the deal ...

Hours after Trump’s remarks, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he hoped that Trump would sign the deal ...

"I have recommended that if it becomes what we think it is, I do recommend he sign it," McConnell told reporters. "I think he's got a pretty good deal here" ...

Legislative text is expected to be released on Wednesday, and a House vote could come as soon as the same day ...

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/429706-gop-leader-presses-trump-to-agree-to-border-deal

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3. Running out of options for border wall

John Harwood
Published 4 Hours Ago
Updated 3 Hours Ago

... It's hard to hear above the din from the Oval Office. But through their new spending compromise, GOP leaders signaled clearly that they, like Congressional Democrats, will no longer play border-wall make-believe with President Trump.

Trump sought the White House promising to build a "great wall" along the U.S. border with Mexico. Assailing previous presidents as ineffectual, he vowed to make Mexico pay for it.

GOP leaders always understood that pledge as fanciful, even as they cautiously avoided saying so out loud. Last December, when Trump changed his mind and chose a government shutdown over a bipartisan spending compromise, they reluctantly went along ...

The president has also discussed declaring a national emergency to seize new wall funding powers. Underscoring the political winds of 2019, McConnell has warned against it.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/12/republican-leaders-are-breaking-with-trump-on-border-wall.html