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Trump Ends Shutdown Until Feb 15th – With No Guarantee of a Wall

President Donald Trump in a Rose Garden announced the end to the record-breaking 35-day government shutdown. The deal will bring back the 800,000 the federal employees and open the government for three weeks for a bi-partisan bill will work on crafting a border security plan that won’t include the $5.7 billion he had demanded for his coveted border wall.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will get the Clean Resolution bill on the floor today where it will pass and Trump will sign it tonight. It is the same bill that was passed 98-0 before Christmas, something President Trump had agreed to until the hard right commentators said that he had “caved on the wall.”

He had then Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan kill the legislation causing the shutdown to go into effect.

President Trump spoke about getting a border funding that would include “smart physical barriers.” He also talked about beefing up of ports of entry and adding border agents.

He addressed the humanitarian crisis that needed to be addressed as soon as possible. A bipartisan group from the House and the Senate will this weekend on developing comprehensive border security.

Trump closed his remarks saying that he would keep the option to build the wall via the “national security,” on the table if the bipartisan bill was not to his liking including the barrier/wall.

Look for Sen. McConnell to work closely with both Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi can craft a win-win deal. The trio will put together a strong bipartisan team that will be able to craft something both sides can live with.

The $5.7 billion question is can they craft legislation that President Trump will accept. Meanwhile, it did not take long for conservative media to call out the president for caving in on the deal.

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James Williams: Jim Williams is the Washington Bureau Chief, Digital Director as well as the Director of Special Projects for Genesis Communications. He is starting his third year as part of the team. This is Williams 40th year in the media business, and in that time he has served in a number of capacities. He is a seven time Emmy Award winning television producer, director, writer and executive. He has developed four regional sports networks, directed over 2,000 live sporting events including basketball, football, baseball hockey, soccer and even polo to name a few sports. Major events include three Olympic Games, two World Cups, two World Series, six NBA Playoffs, four Stanley Cup Playoffs, four NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship Tournaments (March Madness), two Super Bowl and over a dozen college bowl games. On the entertainment side Williams was involved s and directed over 500 concerts for Showtime, Pay Per View and MTV Networks.
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