Shutdown over Border Wall as Unnecessary and Offensive as the Wall Proposal Itself With Trump and the GOP blowing up a bipartisan spending bill that would have funded the government, we are now headed into a shutdown. The following is a statement by Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s...
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All of Texas’ border delegation, including Republican Will Hurd, voted against Trump’s unnecessary wall Austin, TX – Today, The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a vote on a spending package that will include $5.7 billion for a border wall, a bill that yesterday passed through the U.S....
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“If the GOP is so worked up about border security, they should step in and protect the American people from a president at the border of insanity.” The Trump/Republican plan to shut down the government over an unpopular, ineffective and insulting border wall is a sad reflection of the...
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After historic drubbing in midterms, the GOP just doesn’t get it After right wing media criticized President Trump this morning, House Republicans blew up a bipartisan Continuing Resolution that would have kept the federal government open. Instead, the House GOP passed a measure along party lines with $5 billion...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, in response to the announcement that a short-term spending measure will be approved by Congress in order to keep the federal government open until early February — without funding for Trump’s border wall. A huge shout-out...
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By Following Miller’s Advice, Trump and GOP on a Political and Policy Losing Streak The news of the short-term continuing resolution to fund the government, and not Trump’s border wall, represents another high-profile failure for President Trump’s reliance on xenophobia — and for his chief advisor and head cheerleader...
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A Political Blunder in the Making If the mercurial President follows through on his promise to own a government shutdown in a temper tantrum over funding for his pet project — the wasteful, unpopular and insulting border wall — it won’t be because the White House has run the...
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A new must-read analysis by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, titled “The signs are mounting: Trump has been badly weakened. It will get worse for him,” captures why the Trump administration’s plan to shut down the government over his wasteful and offensive border wall ignores the 2018 midterm results,...
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President Trump’s brilliant plan to shut down the government over his wasteful and offensive border wall vanity project ignores the 2018 midterm results, is sharply at odds with the wishes of the American public, and manages to both divide Republican elected officials and unite Democrats. As leading voices are...
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Trump’s Own GOP Congress Failed on Immigration Reform; Trump Nativism Was Rejected by Voters in 2018; New Polling Underscores Broad Opposition to Trump on Immigration After yesterday’s jaw-dropping Oval Office meeting and President Trump’s open admission that he wants to shut down the government over a border wall, here...
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