Donald Trump tweeted a slap at Senate Democrats on Monday, complaining that many of them voted to fund a U.S.-Mexico border fence 12 years ago – and claiming they're only opposing it now because he is president.
'Virtually every Democrat we are dealing with today strongly supported a Border Wall or Fence. It was only when I made it an important part of my campaign ... that they turned against it,' the president wrote.
The Senate passed a giant funding bill nine months ago that provided $1.57 billion for border security, including a limited amount of 'pedestrian fencing' and 'secondary fencing.'
The final vote was 65 to 32. Of the nine senators in the Democratic leadership, seven voted in favor of it. Only Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, among the most liberal lawmakers in Congress, refused to support the bill.
Among the 'yes' votes were Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and Patty Murray, the top three Senate Democrats.
President Donald Trump (left) tried Monday to put pressure on Democrats who refuse to fund his long-promised border wall, needling them for supporting the idea in the past
Trump claimed in a tweet that the only reason Democrats have changed their tune on a U.S.-Mexico border barrier is that he is now president
Trump wants to erect steel-bar walls like this one along much of the 1,900-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico
Trump was also referring to a far more ambitious 2006 Senate bill that passed by an 80 to 19 margin. The Secure Fence Act provided the George W. Bush administration with $1.4 billion for 652 miles of double-layer border fencing.
Then-senators Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton supported it. Schumer and Murray also voted yes.
Trump has mocked many in their party for what he sees as a political flip-flop, now that the House has passed $5 billion in new wall funding only to see it stalled by Senate Democrats.
The resulting stalemate resulted in a partial government shutdown over the weekend when senators couldn't agree on a funding package to keep a quarter of the federal budget flowing.
The president's stalemate with Schumer and other Democrats in the Senate produced a partial government shutdown Friday at midnight as Republicans insist Democrats help them pass a funding bill that the House has already approved
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, both Democratic senators in 2006, voted in favor of $1.4 billion in funding for then-president George W. Bush to fence off 652 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border; Schumer, now locked in a battle with Trump, voted in favor of the same bill
Obama, while a junior senator in his only term, said during a 2006 floor speech that the bill provided 'better fences and better security along our borders,' and predicted it would 'help stem some of the tide of illegal immigration in this country.'
Congressional analysts at the time estimated that the border barrier would cost $50 billion over 25 years, including massive amounts of money to maintain and repair it.
Most of the existing fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border was erected with the 2006 funding. By 2015 the Government Accountability Office reported that the money had produced about 650 miles of it.
The total cost at that point, including personnel, was approximately $2.3 billion, the government watchdog said.
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Main photo article Donald Trump tweeted a slap at Senate Democrats on Monday, complaining that many of them voted to fund a U.S.-Mexico border fence 12 years ago – and claiming they’re only opposing it now because he is president.
‘Virtually every Democrat we are dealing with today strongly supported a ...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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