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information published by Truth Feed President Trump has vowed he will #BuildThatWall,
and no one should ever doubt him.
Despite the non-stop obstruction from Democrats and the GOP establishment, President Trump
keeps pushing forward – and it looks like his persistence is about to pay off BIGLY.
President Trump and congressional leaders have agreed to a border wall funding showdown
after the upcoming November midterm elections and if he plays his cards right, it could
result in $5 billion, more than twice what the White House initially sought.
While appropriations bills are moving at the fastest pace in over 20 years, with many expected
to be approved by Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, Homeland Security funding for
the wall is likely to be delayed, said officials.
Plans are already underway to approve temporary, "stopgap," funding that will cover Homeland
until its new spending is approved after the wall funding fight.
However, in a good sign for the White House, the Senate has already locked in the $1.6
billion Trump sought this year in wall construction funding in a bipartisan vote and it will be
included in the stopgap bill.
The House is likely to approve $5 billion for the wall, matching Trump's top level
wish and setting up negotiations with the Senate.
Threats of a shutdown over not getting full funding for the wall by Oct. 1, however, threaten
to disrupt the plan agreed to at a recent White House meeting between Trump, McConnell
and House Speaker Paul Ryan, according to a key official.
Should Trump shift and shut the government down, Democrats would likely make demands
for their support and that would include funding for their pet projects.
"A shutdown scenario becomes a lot more expensive," said a congressional negotiator.
To convince the president against a shutdown, officials are pointing to the pledge to push
for more border wall funding after the election.
Post-election negotiations could go fast because knowledgeable sources said that Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell would approve $5 billion, as would other GOP leaders.
Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, who heads the appropriations subcommittee funding
the wall, for example, told the West Virginia Metro News that she is working to get as much
as $5 billion.
"In talking to the Border Patrol, they seem to feel that is an amount that they could
absorb and work toward securing the border that way.
We are trying to find the money, but that's not easy.
We are in heavy discussion right now," said the West Virginia Republican.
And House and Senate aides said that if Trump makes a public case for more spending he could
get it quickly in the post-election talks.
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