Bipartisan lawmakers reach deal on disaster relief, shrugging off Trump's border money demands

[babylonsister]

Bipartisan lawmakers reach deal on disaster relief, shrugging off Trump’s border money demands
Hours after Trump said Congress can't legislate and do oversight, Congress decided to legislate without him.
Josh Israel
May 23, 2019, 5:00 pm Updated: May 23, 2019, 5:25 pm


Congressional leaders agreed on Thursday to a $19.1 billion disaster relief bill, rebuffing President Donald Trump’s demand that the legislation include more funding for border security.

The Senate later passed the measure by a vote of 85-8.

According to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), chairman of the appropriations committee, Trump has agreed to sign the deal even though lawmakers took out all of his requested border money.

“I’m sure he wanted [the border funding], but we took it all out. We’re going to try and push that separately when we come back as needed,” he said, according to NBC News. “But we’re sticking with disaster now, that’s the way to pass the bill. The president has agreed to it.”

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https://thinkprogress.org/bipartisan-lawmakers-reach-deal-on-disaster-relief-shrugging-off-trumps-border-money-demands-909b0b0aad9d/

[Fullduplexxx]

1. He's gonna try to re-appropriate the money

[babylonsister]

2. Looks like a done deal unless he vetoes this.

That will make him that much more popular.