House Democrats want to avoid a shutdown now but are setting up a fight over the border wall later this fall
House Democrats have largely agreed to punt an ugly border wall fight with Donald Trump until November, likely averting a shutdown this month — as long as the president backs the plan.for Trump’s border policies, marking a temporary concession by progressives still fuming at recent hard-line moves on immigration, according to multiple lawmakers and senior aides.Senate Republicans, too, say they’re willing to back the short-term bill — with Trump’s greenlight.
Top Republicans and Democrats in each chamber are still negotiating the details of the final text, which is expected to be unveiled Monday night or Tuesday morning. Among the sticking points: funding for Puerto Rico’s cash-strapped Medicaid program, a dispute over Trump’s trade aid program and a long-delayed package of health extenders, according to people familiar with the talks.
"All the Democrats are asking for us to protect the troops from having their resources robbed for a border wall, resources that Congress said should go to the military," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the floor Monday. Pelosi was quick to say that the House needed to support a clean funding measure to keep the government open, a point reiterated by House Appropriations chief Nita Lowey , according to multiple people in the room.
Jayapal’s proposal is for a short-term funding bill that fully funds the Department of Homeland Security, except for the projects that Trump himself defunded in an attempt to pay for his wall. The progressive caucus discussed her idea at their weekly meeting last Tuesday, though it has not taken a position on it.
Other tricky immigration issues are at play, too: Hispanic Caucus members have been pressing Democratic leaders to create more guardrails for the Customs and Border Protection officials to follow, as well as stricter caps for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their authority to transfer migrants from one detention center to another.
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