“I was promised the Wall and Border Security by leadership,” Trump tweeted shortly after calling Ryan during a morning meeting of House Republicans. Facing enormous criticism from high-profile conservative media figures, they don’t want to leave town without one last fight over the border wall. Members of the hard-right Freedom Caucus have been urging Trump to insist on money for the border wall with Mexico. Trump in an early morning tweet on Thursday had appeared to focus on other aspects of border security, and not just the wall. The bill keeps funding at current levels, $1.3 billion, for border security and fencing, but not for the wall.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2018 17:03 UTC