Democrats had for weeks signaled a lack of support for any spending bill that included money for Trump's pet project.
That is not what the liberals are telling you, is it?
But negotiators rejected Trump's demands for $1 billion to begin construction of his promised wall along the length of the 2,000-mile U.S. -Mexico border, a high-profile loss on the very week Trump's White House sought to rack up accomplishments before his administration hits the 100-day mark on Saturday.
The focus will be to increase funding for White House priorities like the military and other types of border security, according to the White House.
Reporter: Yesterday, President Trump reportedly said he is going to delay pushing the wall through. "We are going to make sure the country understands the depth and seriousness of this scandal and the fact that Republicans in Congress are standing in the way of a truly independent investigation - which the public overwhelmingly supports". "We've got a lot of time". "It is becoming more of a nonissue".
The spending package would fund government operations through the remainder of the 2017 fiscal year, September 30, and aims to beef up defense spending by about $15 billion.
He said he hoped that would be enough to keep the government running, but had yet to hear back from Congressional Democrats.
When asked when the wall would be built, Trump said, "Soon".
Faulting Democrats for threatening a shutdown, Limbaugh added that if Trump is "willing to withdraw a demand" for border money, "then the Democrats will have just learned that this threat works on Trump, too, not just all the other Republicans". Politico reported on Wednesday that the White House agreed to continue to fund the CSR payments as it has been doing if Democrats would agree to move forward on a spending bill without the Obamacare spending. Mulvaney declined to commit to continue making the payments to the insurance companies in the future, the aide said. "I've had no problems with the White House". Ultimately, Pelosi turned to White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus to obtain assurances that the administration would continue to provide the payments.
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"The president has the authority to go ahead and do it".
"That's not our intention or goal", Ryan told reporters.
The House argued the program was illegal since the funds were not appropriated by Congress. A federal district court ruled a year ago that the subsidy payments were illegal but allowed the program to continue during the appeals process.
It also came after House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted Wednesday that the spending bill wouldn't include the Obamacare language that Democrats want in exchange for their support of the measure.
One item President Trump really wanted was funding for his pet project and favorite stump line while he was on the campaign trail - a wall to separate Mexico from the U.S.
Leaders of the conservative House Freedom Caucus met to consider a proposal to change the GOP legislation to let states get federal waivers to ignore coverage requirements imposed by President Barack Obama's health care law. "Our base case is that a short-term spending measure likely will be passed in order to prevent a shutdown, but the bigger picture of the budget process for fiscal 2018 - starting October 1 - is anyone's guess".
Trump also mentioned the US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly advising him about the need for a wall.
While supporters say the new approach would lower insurance premiums, it has drawn intense criticism from many healthcare and patient advocacy groups, which are concerned that it would eviscerate key protections put in place by Obamacare.
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