CBS reported: Kushner and Pence met with McConnell in the Senate Majority Leader’s office on Thursday evening. The proposal will be made via a 3:00…
CBS reported:
Kushner and Pence met with McConnell in the Senate Majority Leader’s office on Thursday evening.
The proposal will be made via a 3:00 p.m. presidential announcement from the White House.
The New York Times reported that the Democratic proposal would not add any money for the border fence, despite Trump’s repeated push for $5.7 billion or his compromise offer of $2.5 billion. Trump’s request for $5.7 billion in 2019 would buy an extra 234 miles of border fence on the 2,000-mile border.
Trump posted two Tweets on Friday night, including a hinted description of the proposed compromise:
Trump said:
On January 9, Kushner and Pence met with a group of business-first GOP Senators, led by Sen.