Why do you really oppose a wall?

[TJDave]

I vote for option B.

No override, shutdown redux.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by TJDave

I vote for option B.

No override, shutdown redux.

White House heads explode...

Would be hilarious.

[woodtoo]

Originally Posted by elysiantraveller

Well the theory here is Trump vetoes it but tells the Senate to override him thus bailing him out.

Mitch wouldn't go for that though...

You just say any half assed shit that pops into that empty noggin of yours eh. Biggest joke around.

[chadk66]

he'll take the money then build more wall with the DOD footing the bill. Whatever he dares get away with. After the 9th circus just sided with Trump, the dims will probably be scared to even give them a shot against him using DOD dollars

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

You just say any half assed shit that pops into that empty noggin of yours eh. Biggest joke around.

Stirring analysis.

[elysiantraveller]

Originally Posted by chadk66

he'll take the money then build more wall with the DOD footing the bill. Whatever he dares get away with. After the 9th circus just sided with Trump, the dims will probably be scared to even give them a shot against him using DOD dollars

The straws are so close yet so far away aren't they?

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by chadk66

the dims will probably be scared to even give them a shot against him using DOD dollars

Maybe so, but the Pentagon won't be scared.

[PaceAdvantage]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

You just say any half assed shit that pops into that empty noggin of yours eh. Biggest joke around.

Red card

[ReplayRandall]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

You just say any half assed shit that pops into that empty noggin of yours eh. Biggest joke around.

Originally Posted by PaceAdvantage

Red card

It should only be "half" a Red card....

[fast4522]

Originally Posted by woodtoo

You just say any half assed shit that pops into that empty noggin of yours eh. Biggest joke around.

Look, this works for me I think. About ten posts a week I just X Pace Advantage out of windows before I click submit with my post done. Look at it another way, you don't take a shot unless you can deliver. Then transfer that logic to the way you bet and your home.

[Clocker]

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvany appeared on "Meet The Press" Sunday. He said that Trump has three options on funding for the wall: another shutdown, accepting what Congress gives him, or taking the money from Congress and shifting other funds already appropriated to build the wall. Mulvaney said the 3rd option is most likely.

That plan would use an executive order to shift unspent funds from areas like disaster-relief projects, military housing, and flood control initiatives.

Who could possibly object to that?

“It will create a firestorm, once you start taking money that congressmen think is in their districts,” said Jim Dyer, a former staff director for the House Appropriations Committee. “You will cause yourself a problem if that money was directed away from any type of project or activity because I guarantee it has some constituency on Capitol Hill.”

Even if Trump decides that the legal obstacles of an executive order are less daunting that those that would come with a national emergency declaration, tapping unspent funds intended for disaster relief and military construction would bring serious political and policy risks.

By diverting disaster money intended for heavily Democratic California and Puerto Rico — instead of staunchly Republican Texas, which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey — Trump opens himself up to criticism that he’s favoring red states over blue ones. Both of Texas’ GOP senators, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, have made clear their opposition to reprogramming any Harvey relief funds.

Redirecting the military funds by fiat is also more complicated than it might sound, in part because Pentagon spending typically happens slowly over long time frames.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...-funds-1163996

[chadk66]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Maybe so, but the Pentagon won't be scared.

why would they be?

[chadk66]

Originally Posted by Clocker

Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvany appeared on "Meet The Press" Sunday. He said that Trump has three options on funding for the wall: another shutdown, accepting what Congress gives him, or taking the money from Congress and shifting other funds already appropriated to build the wall. Mulvaney said the 3rd option is most likely.

That plan would use an executive order to shift unspent funds from areas like disaster-relief projects, military housing, and flood control initiatives.

Who could possibly object to that?

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/...-funds-1163996

/If Trump wants a lock on the next election he should start pulling money intended for liberal projects and redirect to the wall. He'd be guaranteed another win.

[Clocker]

Originally Posted by chadk66

/If Trump wants a lock on the next election he should start pulling money intended for liberal projects and redirect to the wall. He'd be guaranteed another win.

Do you really think he can do that without ending up in court? Are flood control or military housing liberal projects?

[Burls]

Soooooooooo much #winning!