Trump Just Lost His Best Chance To Fund Border Wall
Donald Trump claims he will shut down the government if Congress doesn’t fund the building of the wall.
Trump announced at a Phoenix rally, “Believe me, if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”
But the Freedom Caucus says if it comes down to it, they won’t shut down the government.
“In talking to a number of my members, if there was a vote for a continuing resolution next week that did not include border wall funding, the majority of those members would be supportive of that,” Representative Mark Meadows said in a Tuesday interview on ABC’s “Powerhouse Politics” podcast.
Meadows said he prefers to fund the government through 2017, especially in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, he said it’s important that the government continues to run.
“Next week, in September, we are encouraging our leadership to go ahead and put a bill on the House floor and let us vote for that,” Meadows said.
“Most of the conservatives that I talked to are willing to … vote for a continuing resolution that just basically would not have wall funding in it — would continue the current stream of money that keeps the government operational while we work through and negotiate on the appropriations bill.”
However, he will support funding the border wall – Meadows just wants to push the discussion back a few months.
