WHERE THE DEMS ARE … THE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI spoke to the Capitol press around 7 pm and if you thought she was going to make a deal for a wall, please read this, Let us know where you see the bargaining room between President DONALD TRUMP and Pelosi:
– "A Wall is an immorality. That's not what we are as a nation. "
-" WE DO NOT MAKE A WALL. Anyone have any doubts about this? We do not make a wall. "
-" In my opinion, the wall is immorality, it is still a waste of money, a cost of opportunity to protect the American people. But it's a diversionary tactic on the part of the president. "
A NEW POSITION OF WHITE HOUSE …. DACA-FOR-WALL IS ON THE TABLE … LAST NIGHT, There were two interesting segments in Fox News, which seem to give a good overview of the White House's latest thinking on immigration negotiations .
– SEAN HANNITY THE FIRST, SEAN HANNITY stated that the President was willing to put the DACA on the wall bargaining table. TRUMP said the opposite two days ago at the meeting of his cabinet, but Republicans told us last night that the President really wanted to talk about some kind of DACA agreement against wall. DEMOCRATIC rejected this proposal, but this adds a new element to the closing talks.
– TUCKER CARLSON questioned the vice president MIKE PENCE last night, and Tucker asked the following: Will the agreement that resolves the closure include a form any amnesty for people here illegally now? " PENCE: " Well, our goal is border security. " TUCKER: " Of course, but the goal of Democrats is to get amnesty for people here illegally. Will you accept that? "
PENCE: " Well, we focused entirely on honoring the promise of the president: building a wall, passing a law strengthening border security, people enforcing our laws at the border and Nationwide apply our immigration laws to the resources and tools they need.
"There are a lot of people talking about a lot of different ideas. Frankly, a year ago, the president expressed his willingness to treat the Dreamers issue with compassion so that people brought here as children, without their fault, discussed it. We are talking about it. …
"[T] The President clearly explained: We are here to conclude an agreement, but this agreement will make real gains in border security and you have no security Borderless wall, We will not have a solution without wall. "
CLOSING … DAY 14 … This closure is now tied for the fourth longest closure in the history of the United States.
Good Friday. MARKET WATCH – DAVID WSJ HODARI: "World stocks resume ground as China confirms trade talks"
TODAY'S GREAT ENCOUNTER … HILL LEADERS Head to the House White at 11:30 this morning. As they promised, the House passed a package to reopen the government shutters until September. The House also voted in favor of Funding from DHS until February 8 to allow negotiations on border security Burgess Everett and Sarah Ferris, the latest on closure [19659004] SEVEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS joined all the Democrats of the House to support the proposal stream: Representatives Will Hurd (Texas), Elise Stefanik (NY), Fred Upton (Mich.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.), Peter King (NY), Greg Walden (Oregon) and John Katko (NY).
MCCONNELL SPEAKS – JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT: "McConnell keeps his head down while the closing is long": "While the partial closure of the government has ended for two weeks and that there is no end in sight, Mitch McConnell says the Democrats urge him privately to help him find a way out of the stalemate. That will not happen, says the majority leader in the Senate.
"I do not see how that would lead to a result. And I want to get a result, "McConnell said in a brief interview Thursday in the hallway." This will be determined by the president and the Senate Democrats. "" POLITICO
– "McConnell faces pressure from Republicans to stop avoiding stop battle ", Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nick Fandos of the NYT:" [O] th Thursday, while a new Divided government era opened in Washington, the most vulnerable Republican, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado, broke up to become the first member of his party to call for an end to the closure – with or without Wall funding of Mr. Trump. …
"A second Republican Vulnerable, Senator Susan Collins of Maine, one of the most moderate deputies of the House, said Thursday that she would support separation of domestic security funding from other projects i bipartite credits already approved by the committee. to reopen much of the government – as the Democrats have proposed. But McConnell refuses to take the steps of the Democrats. "NYT
– NANCY COOK:" Mulvaney plays hard in the fight against the closing of the market "
