WASHINGTON ― House SpeakerPaul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday that PresidentDonald Trump would not sign a spending bill meant to avert a government shutdown if it didn’t include money for his border wall, substantially raising the possibility that the government enters a partial shutdown over the Christmas holidays. Trump indicated in a White House meeting with Ryan, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) that he wouldn’t sign a temporary appropriations bill without border wall funds in return. Trump has been shaky on another continuing resolution (CR) without wall money for some time, but he signaled Wednesday that he would probably sign such a bill. “When I begrudgingly signed the Omnibus Bill, I was promised the Wall and Border Security by leadership,” Trump tweeted Thursday morning. “At this moment, the president does not want to go further without border security.”

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 18:46 UTC