Republicans supportive but wary about Trump reprogramming funds for border wall

[DonViejo]

They don't want Trump taking funds from military projects and disaster relief.

By Katherine Faulders, Mariam Khan and Elizabeth McLaughlin29m ago

While top Republicans on Capitol Hill now say they support President Donald Trump using executive action to transfer funds to pay for his proposed border wall, just days ago some GOP senators opposed the idea and others are worried he'll take money from projects important to them.

If Trump signs the border security deal, which provides $1.375 billion for physical barriers, he will likely also attempt to use his authority as president to reprogram billions in government funds to make up the difference -- in order to reach or go beyond his demand for a $5.7 billion down payment on the wall, sources have told ABC News.

Any such executive action is likely to face steep legal hurdles.

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe, a staunch Trump ally, has personally warned the president against pulling money from military construction projects, saying it should come from the Army Corps of Engineers instead.

Military construction projects are often highly popular with lawmakers and their constituents.

“And what I voiced is, if it has to be that way, leave MILCON alone,” Inhofe told reporters Tuesday, referring to his conversations with the president. When asked if the president heard his concerns, Inhofe simply replied “yes.”

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[crazytown]

1. Republicans need deprogramming nt

[procon]

2. Republicans will fall in line without a whimper.

It's what they do. They'll let Trump usurp the powers of Congress, divesting themselves of any pretense of being a powerful and coequal branch of our govt.

They will surrender the battlefield to the Dems and take petty potshots at them from the relative safety of Trump's porcine shadow. It will be left to Dems and other government watchdog groups to fight Trump's incessant power grab in the courts.

[walkingman]

3. Total BS, the GOP and the rest of the rednecks in America love Trump - he is one of them.

[pansypoo53219]

4. give the moron & inch & he will destroy the GOP.

chickenshits.