White House demands GOP support for Trump’s wall plans, won’t say how they’ll affect military construction

By Erica Werner and Erica Werner Congressional reporter focusing on economic policy Email Bio Follow Seung Min Kim Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow March 7 at 8:24 PM The White House is privately ramping up pressure on undecided Republicans to limit defections ahead of the Senate vote on President Trump’s emergency declaration — even as the administration has yet to tell Congress which military projects would be tapped to pay for Trump’s border wall.

“I’m not aware that anybody has seen it yet,” said Sen. John Thune , the No. 2 Senate Republican, referring to a list of military projects. “I think there would be a lot of our members who will be concerned about voting on this before they’ve seen that.” In addition to those four, other GOP senators have expressed serious reservations about supporting the declaration. Many view it as an unprecedented intrusion into their constitutional authority over federal spending, with potential to set a dangerous precedent for future Democratic presidents.

Meanwhile, senators from both parties continued to press administration officials on how the emergency declaration and reallocation of money would be done. Sen. Brian Schatz — Boozman’s counterpart on the military construction spending panel who also attended the briefing — said the Pentagon has assured him it will “not allow political side deals to be cut” to protect certain military projects.

The $3.6 billion that would come from military construction accounts made available by Trump’s Feb. 15 national emergency declaration is the last of several accounts the administration plans to tap to build many miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Defense Department officials have said that no military construction project would be “canceled,” but only delayed until money to pay for them can be “back-filled” via Trump’s 2020 budget request, which is due next week.

Isn’t this known as threats and extortion? Par for the course I guess.

Sure. Everyone should support a plan that has no plan. Great idea. It’s like voting for a candidate who has no actual policies, ideologies, or morals. It doesn’t end well for anyone.

Maybe Mitch can fund the Trump wall !!!

DEMANDS support? Why? If Trump can promise to squeeze $5.7B from torturing widows and orphans, the GOP would have a collective orgasm.

Remember this moment, people. SenateGOP, realDonaldTrump HouseGOP want to put THEIR desires ahead of the American PEOPLE & their NEEDS. There is NO emergency - which is why when GOP controlled both houses, THE WALL WAS NOT FUNDED! OUR people will suffer from funding issues.

Is this a dictatorship?

This would have been heresy, under Obama. It's interesting how Trump has by Tweeter destroyed the moral core of the Rep. Party Taking money from our Warriors because you made an ill conceived campaign promise. Shows you how much he cares about his Troops.

Who's the fool with the dirty face? How hypocritical.

Demands? Watch the GOP cockroaches run.

Hey SenateGOP HouseGOP are you your own men and women, responsible to your constituents, or are you Trump's doormats?

The republicans including Mitch are all rinos and pocket stuffers.

This is the first time in history that the has written an article about military construction.

WH demands Who the hell do they think they are? The Congress is a separate entity. GOP will likely bow to him but they shouldn't!!! Get off your knees Senators!!! You vowed an oath and it wasn't to Trump!!!

Dont be BULLIED

Isn’t the wall a kind of a military construction?!

VETO VETO VETO VETO How clueless can the GOP be?! How impotent? STRATEGIC MOBILIZATION 22 million illegals = 30 House seats more or less unless concentrated in sanctuary cities and states to their tipping point pushing lib citizens to non lib states to their tipping point…

White House demands GOP support for Trump’s wall plans in a letter; but won’t say how they’ll affect military construction. 'GIMME - GIMME - GIMME'!

Well let’s just see if any GOP Senator grows a pair or a spine

Demands.... Donald's dictatorship can easily end if Republican Congress grows a pair.

Why doesn’t the cover the story on WHY Cocaine Mitch flipped from Trump hater to Trump lover? Start with a laptop and some XXX sites that gives access to ones computer....

Well Sen.Maj leader Mcconnell i guess we know what ur doing today. Cleaning out your office & signing your RESIGNATION LETTER ! McCONNELL is a disgrace to our country's moral compass. Im sick of being abused by Mitchy & donny. ANTIGOPMVMT BuzzFeed nytimes ap

Keep ignoring the real issues that the people you work for (your bosses) want you to deal with.

In The GOP Wet Dreams!🤮 No Wall! Poof! 🔥

McTurtle Is A National Disgrace And Another Russian Agent!

Stealing money from the military to build a wall. So much for Mexico making payments hahaha

you can't 'Demand' support... you need to EARN support......

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