Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday warned House Republicans and President Trump that they cannot win money for a border wall in a must-pass spending bill that has suddenly stalled.
In a floor speech Thursday, Schumer called an effort by the conservative House Freedom Caucus to include $5 billion for the border wall in the spending measures “futile,” because Democrats in the Senate will never agree to it and have the power to block it, and “self-defeating,” because the public does not support the wall.
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