{"id":3074,"date":"2019-02-12T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2019-02-12T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:05:33","slug":"government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.musingsbymichael.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Government shutdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Will there be an another government shutdown or will Congress and Trump come to terms?<\/span><\/p>\n

Per the AP<\/a>, \u201cThree people familiar with Congress\u2019 tentative border security deal tell The Associated Press that the accord would provide $1.375 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s well below the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump demanded to build over 200 miles of wall along the Mexican boundary. The money will be for vertical steel slats called bollards, not a solid wall.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Democrats dropped their proposal to limit the number of detained immigrants caught inside the U.S. to a daily average of 16,500. Republicans opposed that demand. There is currently no such limit.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Bargainers agreed to fund 40,520 beds to detain immigrants entering or in the U.S. illegally. That\u2019s the same number funded last year, though the actual figure held is around 49,000.<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My big question is can Nancy Pelosi and Trump really come to an agreement to prevent a second shutdown of our federal government? Or does Trump want the government to be shutdown because of an ulterior motive?<\/span><\/p>\n

If Pelosi and the Democrats can come to an agreement, then Trump might look weaker to his backers. For the President to look strong he has to get what he wants, a fully funded wall with Mexico and that does not look like it will happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Per Politico<\/a> Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby said that, \u201cThe president told me, straight up, when I was with him… He told me more than once that if you can work out a legislative solution to this, do it. That\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do, who met with Trump last week. Considering everything, this would be a good deal.<\/i>\u201d The Senator is the lead Republican negotiator and has considerable credibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

So if we are to believe the senator our President is willing to make compromises and keep the government functioning. I think that this might well be true because of all the political pressure from other influential Republicans.<\/span><\/p>\n

If what Pelosi and Shelby are telling us is the whole truth then there is a very good chance that all parties will come to an equatable agreement. Thus saving face both for Trump and the Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is my opinion- Jumpin Jersey Mike<\/span><\/p>\n