Pelosi, Schumer push back on new Trump demand for wall funding
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) indicated on Sunday that President Trump's reported plan to ask for $8.6 billion in the fiscal 2020 budget to fund a wall along the southern border was a non-starter.
"President Trump hurt millions of Americans and caused widespread chaos when he recklessly shut down the government to try to get his expensive and ineffective wall, which he promised would be paid for by Mexico," the Democratic leaders said in a statement.
"Congress refused to fund his wall and he was forced to admit defeat and reopen the government. The same thing will repeat itself if he tries this again," they added. "We hope he learned his lesson."
The statement served as a preview for what is likely to be a contentious negotiation on the president's budget proposal, which is due to be released on Monday.
Congress must approve funding for fiscal 2020 by Oct. 1, or funding could lapse and the government could shut down.
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