Top Democrat ratchets up government shutdown fight over ‘dreamers’ - News Summed Up

Top Democrat ratchets up government shutdown fight over ‘dreamers’


(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)For months, Republicans have said the fate of dreamers can only be resolved if new border security measures are also enacted. The majority of Senate Democrats have not made the same threat as Durbin, while many believe a majority of House Democrats agree with him. “I haven’t heard the end date, but it sounds like there will be some short-term” spending bill, said Sen. John Cornyn (Tex. The measure has four GOP co-sponsors in the Senate and is supported by a handful of House Republicans. Ten Senate Democrats face reelection next year in states that Trump won handily in 2016 and that have smaller immigrant populations.


Source: Washington Post November 29, 2017 23:44 UTC



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