12-11-2018, 01:56 PM
(12-11-2018, 12:22 PM)Duchess Wrote: ...because they are the people in the news, because they are the people calling the shots, because they are the people with all the power. That's why.
Did you just see the press conference with President Trump, VP Pence, Speaker of the House Pelosi, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer? That was an interesting public debate.
The main focus was funding for the 'The Wall'. Pelosi and Schumer say they're all in for funding greater border security, but that the multi-billion dollar wall proposal isn't a necessity and doesn't have the votes from the Republican side.
Trump claimed he does have the Republican votes, so Pelosi said it should be taken to vote on the floors. Trump said that it would be useless to do so because the Dems won't vote for it. He said several times he's willing to shutdown the government over wall funding.
Here's the video: