Playbook: “Washington is digging in for an extended government shutdown, one that will last at least into next week, but some top lawmakers privately told us they expect it will go into January.”
“The Senate and the House have said they will not hold votes until Dec. 27. Time is on Democrats’ side. Republicans lose most of their leverage as Jan. 3 draws near. That’s the date Democrats take control of the House.”
Politico: “President Trump has quietly come down from his original $5 billion demand for a border wall to just $2 billion… Trump has also backed off his demand that Congress approve an actual border wall, instead suggesting a steel picket fence of sorts, the design of which Trump tweeted to widespread disdain.”
“Democrats, though, remain at zero money for Trump’s wall. Nil. Nothing. No money for a border wall or steel slats or anything remotely resembling the kind of ‘beautiful’ barrier that Trump wants to build. Democrats are OK with a ‘fence’ or more money for ‘border security,’ but any obstacle that Trump can call a wall is unacceptable.”
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