Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly gave President Donald Trump false information about legislation to prevent a second partial government shutdown, claiming the bill possesses no “hidden provisions” or “landmines.” The Kentucky Republican also is said to have told the president that signing the bill into law would be a “win” over House Speaker Nancy […] More
President Donald Trump plans to spend about $8 billion on border barriers, far more than Congress has given him for that purpose. Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Trump will tap various other sources of money beyond the nearly $1.4 billion in a government funding bill that Congress passed. Trump is expected […] More
When the omnibus bill designed to end the impasse over the border wall hit Congress, its appeal seemed pretty universal. The $330 billion plan sailed through the Senate with an 83-16 vote and the House by a 300-128 margin. Not only were the Wednesday votes demonstrative of bipartisan support, it also meant that if the […] More
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) warned Republicans on Thursday that they should worry about the “threshold that they are crossing” by supporting President Donald Trump’s expected declaration of a national emergency at the border because it could open the door to future Democrats in the White House declaring a national emergency on issues like gun […] More
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that President Donald Trump will sign a spending bill to avoid another government shutdown and is declaring a national emergency to secure the funds needed to build the border wall. “He’s prepared to sign the bill, he will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the […] More
I know. You think the deal is garbage. You think Trump “caved.” You think we should have shut down the government again to get another 150 miles and better building material or something. I think this all should have happened when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, but here’s the part that will really frost […] More
As Democrats have avoided providing funding for walls or barriers as part of President Donald Trump’s priority effort to secure the southern border, some Republicans who support the construction of a border wall have sought out alternative means to obtain the necessary funding. Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz actually devised a rather ingenious plan last […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is “looking over all aspects” of the border security deal dreamed up by a bipartisan congressional committee to avoid another partial government shutdown. The deal in question reportedly contains $1.375 billion in funding for a physical border barrier, well short of Trump’s requested $5.7 billion, and institutes a cap of […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines
At the end of his show on Monday, as President Donald Trump was delivering a speech in El Paso, TX, Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity voiced his disapproval for the reported $1.3 billion deal reached by lawmakers. Hannity called the deal a “garbage compromise” and warned Republicans they would have to answer for the deal. “By the […] More
During a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urged President Trump to sign the agreement reached by the immigration conference committee. Schumer said, “I urge President Trump to sign this agreement. We must not have a rerun of what happened a few months back, where legislators, Democrat and […] More
Doyle Alexander in Conservative Headlines
What America needed on a Monday night in mid-February was a pair of dueling rallies. Because why not? There’s not another election until next November, but we’ve got a showdown over the border wall and we’ve got Betomania going on. Amid that backdrop were two large gatherings down in El Paso, Texas. The first was […] More
Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Monday that former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke should answer if he would remove the border wall in his hometown of El Paso if he had the ability to do so. “[O’Rourke] should answer a simple question tonight with respect to the border wall debate,” Crenshaw tweeted. “If you could snap […] More
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