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    Default House Democrats Add $1 Billion in Border-Related Spending to Measures to Reopen Gover

    WASHINGTON — House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a “major announcement” on Saturday about the border and the shutdown stalemate.

    The decision by Democrats and the president’s planned remarks were the first indications of possible movement over the shutdown after a week of inertia and harsh words between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Trump. That conflict culminated when the president, responding to Ms. Pelosi’s request that he postpone his State of the Union address, announced on Thursday that he would not authorize the use of a military plane to transport her and other members of Congress to Afghanistan to meet with American troops.

    The plan to add more funding for border security, which is scheduled for a vote next week, reflects a shift in strategy by congressional Democrats after they have maintained that they would not provide a counterproposal to the president until he drops his insistence on a wall and signs legislation to reopen the government. It is also an attempt to respond to Mr. Trump’s repeated portrayal of Democrats as opponents of border security and their denunciation of his wall as an embrace of open borders.

    About half the money, $524 million, would be for additional infrastructure at ports of entry on the border, one Democrat said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the plans have not been formally announced, while $563 million more would be inserted to fund 75 immigration judges, who adjudicate the claims of migrants who make asylum claims at the border.

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    no sale. no wall

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    Quote Originally Posted by noise View Post
    no sale. no wall
    You're playing right into the calculation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackascoal View Post
    You're playing right into the calculation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blackascoal View Post
    WASHINGTON — House Democrats have added more than $1 billion in border-related spending to a package of funding bills that would reopen most of the government, even as President Trump said he would have a “major announcement” on Saturday about the border and the shutdown stalemate.

    The decision by Democrats and the president’s planned remarks were the first indications of possible movement over the shutdown after a week of inertia and harsh words between Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Trump. That conflict culminated when the president, responding to Ms. Pelosi’s request that he postpone his State of the Union address, announced on Thursday that he would not authorize the use of a military plane to transport her and other members of Congress to Afghanistan to meet with American troops.

    The plan to add more funding for border security, which is scheduled for a vote next week, reflects a shift in strategy by congressional Democrats after they have maintained that they would not provide a counterproposal to the president until he drops his insistence on a wall and signs legislation to reopen the government. It is also an attempt to respond to Mr. Trump’s repeated portrayal of Democrats as opponents of border security and their denunciation of his wall as an embrace of open borders.

    About half the money, $524 million, would be for additional infrastructure at ports of entry on the border, one Democrat said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the plans have not been formally announced, while $563 million more would be inserted to fund 75 immigration judges, who adjudicate the claims of migrants who make asylum claims at the border.

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    so they are up to $6B?.........

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    $7.5M per judge seems a bit pricey. Is he hiring Kardashians?

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