Express-News Editorial Board Published 5:08 pm CST, Thursday, February 14, 2019 President Donald Trump speaks Monday during a rally in El Paso as congressional negotiators reached a preliminary deal to provide some funding for border fencing, but not a wall. President Donald Trump speaks Monday during a rally in El Paso as congressional negotiators reached a preliminary deal to provide some funding for border fencing, but not a wall. Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM /AFP /Getty Images Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM /AFP /Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 President Donald Trump speaks Monday during a rally in El Paso as congressional negotiators reached a preliminary deal to provide some funding for border fencing, but not a wall. President Donald Trump speaks Monday during a … [Read more...] about Imperfect but necessary spending deal
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Republican senators praise spending deal as path to Trump border…
FILE PHOTO: Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) arrives for a meeting with U.S. House-Senate conferees to receive a closed briefing from U.S. Border Patrol career professionals, who discuss "the challenges they face protecting the U.S.-Mexico border" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2019. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator Richard Shelby said on Tuesday the spending deal reached to avert a partial government shutdown this week is a “down payment” on President Donald Trump’s border security requests. Fellow Republican Senator John Thune called the agreement reached by a bipartisan committee of senators and members of the House of Representatives an “important breakthrough” that allows the Republican president to build a section of his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Reporting by Amanda Becker; writing by Doina Chiacu; editing by Jonathan Oatis … [Read more...] about Republican senators praise spending deal as path to Trump border…
Trump signs three-week spending deal passed through Congress to officially end shutdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the $5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats.The three-week spending deal reached with congressional leaders, quickly passed by the Republican-led Senate and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives without opposition and signed by Trump, paves the way for tough talks with lawmakers about how to address security along the U.S.-Mexican border.The Republican president's agreement to end the shuttering of about a quarter of the federal government without securing wall money - an astonishing retreat - came three days after he had insisted, "We will not Cave!"But Trump vowed that the shutdown would resume on Feb. 15 if he is dissatisfied with the results of a bipartisan House-Senate conference committee's border security negotiations, or he would declare a national … [Read more...] about Trump signs three-week spending deal passed through Congress to officially end shutdown
Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Politics | Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal Supported by ByThe New York Times Dec. 21, 2018 • The Senate and House have adjourned without reaching a deal. The government will partly shut down after funding expires at midnight. • Hours before a midnight deadline, White House officials and senators unsuccessfully scrambled to cut a deal to avert a partial government shutdown. • President Trump, unwilling to drop his demands for funding for a border wall, sought to blame Democrats for a crisis that he had previously said he would proudly own. The House and Senate adjourned for the night, guaranteeing a shutdown. The Senate adjourned around 8:10 p.m. without a spending deal, ensuring that for the third time this year, parts of the government would shut … [Read more...] about Government to Shut Down: House and Senate Adjourn With No Spending Deal
$1.3B spending deal shifts school aid to pay for roads, toxic cleanups
Jonathan Oosting and Beth LeBlanc The Detroit News Published 3:42 AM EST Dec 21, 2018 Lansing — Michigan would use new online sales tax revenue for road repairs instead of K-12 schools under a $1.3 billion lame-duck supplemental spending plan backed by GOP Gov. Rick Snyder that relies on a funding shift derided by public education groups. Voting at around 2 a.m. Friday during a marathon finale to the lame-duck session, the Republican-led House signed off on enabling legislation that would reduce the percentage of income tax collections devoted to the School Aid Fund, the main source of state money for K-12 public schools. The plan would divert $141 million from the School Aid Fund this year and $173.8 million in future years, offsetting additional sales tax collections projected to flow into the fund as the result of a recent Supreme Court ruling on internet commerce. The shift, first approved by the Senate late Thursday, is expected to pave the way for … [Read more...] about $1.3B spending deal shifts school aid to pay for roads, toxic cleanups