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NEW: Dick Durbin rejects Trump’s new border offer. Says Trump and McConnell ‘must open the government today’
Adds that ‘I cannot support the proposed offer as reported and do not believe it can pass the Senate’
Adds that ‘I cannot support the proposed offer as reported and do not believe it can pass the Senate’
Trump at 4 pm is expected to propose a three-year extension of protections for Dreamers in exchange for $5.7b in funds for border security, a plan designed to entice Democrats back to the table & end the shutdown
A se House Dem aide also says it’s a no-go:
‘The BRIDGE Act does not fully protect Dreamers and is not a permanent solution.
This is not a compromise as it includes the same wasteful, ineffective $5.7 billion wall demand that shut down the government in the first place’
‘The BRIDGE Act does not fully protect Dreamers and is not a permanent solution.
This is not a compromise as it includes the same wasteful, ineffective $5.7 billion wall demand that shut down the government in the first place’
