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Continued from Front “pass billions of dollars of
cost of the wall onto the
Trump would like to revive taxpayer.”
a failed effort by House Trump weighed in on his
Republicans to replace proposed border wall
the Affordable Care Act, Sunday on Twitter, saying
or “Obamacare.” He also “Eventually, but at a later
hopes to use a $1 trillion date so we can get start-
catchall spending bill to ed early, Mexico will be
salvage victories on his paying, in some form, for
promised border wall, a the badly needed border
multibillion-dollar down wall.”
payment on a Pentagon Trump has repeatedly as-
buildup, and perhaps a serted that Mexico would
crackdown on cities that pay for the wall, which he
refuse to cooperate with says is necessary to stop
immigration enforcement the flow of immigrants
by federal authorities. crossing the border illegally
But so far, negotiations as well as drug smugglers.
have proven difficult, with On Obama’s health law,
disputes over the border Priebus said he’d like to
wall and health law sub- have a vote on the GOP
sidies to help low-income repeal-and-replace bill
people afford health in- in the House this coming
surance. House members week. But he insisted it In this photo taken Feb. 28, 2017, a flag flies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers return to
received little information didn’t make too much dif- Washington this week to a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline
from leaders on a confer- ference to the White House dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between President Donald Trump and congres-
ence call Saturday. whether the vote came sional Democrats over his border wall.
White House chief of staff next “Friday or Saturday or Associated Press
Reince Priebus said on Monday.”
NBC’s “Meet the Press” “It’s a marathon, not a
that he believes the spend- sprint,” he said.
ing bill will include “some- Trump tweeted a warning
thing satisfactory” to reflect at Democrats on Sunday,
Trump’s desire to build a saying: “ObamaCare is in
wall. The legislation would serious trouble. The Dems
keep the government run- need big money to keep it
ning through Sept. 30, the going - otherwise it dies far
end of the budget year. sooner than anyone would
“We expect the priorities of have thought.”
the president to be reflect- Trump is also planning to
ed,” Priebus said, citing on- outline a tax cut plan on
going talks with the House Wednesday. He told The
and the Senate. He added Associated Press on Friday
that “it’ll be enough in the that it would include a
negotiation to move for- “massive” tax cut for both
ward either with construc- individuals and corpora-
tion or the planning ... to tions.
get going on the border On Fox, Mulvaney said
wall and border security.” to expect “some specific
House Democratic leader governing principles, some
Nancy Pelosi of California guidance, also some indi-
described a border wall cation on what the rates
as “immoral” and “expen- are going to be.” He add-
sive” when asked if there ed: “I don’t think anybody
was any scenario in which expects us to roll out bill
Democrats will agree to language on Wednes-
money for a wall to avoid day.”
a shutdown. The White House is eager
“Democrats do not support to tout progress on the lita-
the wall,” she said, speak- ny of agenda items Trump
ing also on NBC. “Republi- promised to fulfill in his first
cans on the border states 100 days, despite setbacks
do not support the wall.” including court bans on
“The Republicans have his proposed immigration
the votes in the House and limits and the high-profile
the Senate and the White failure in repealing and re-
House to keep govern- placing Obamacare.
ment open. The burden to The president said Friday
keep it open is on the Re- he spent his first 100 days
publicans,” Pelosi said. She laying the “foundation”
noted that when Trump for progress later in his ad-
promised to build a wall ministration, including by
during his campaign, he building relationships with
never indicated he would foreign leaders.q