We have 2 weeks until funding for the government runs out. Alongside
our talks about extending government funding, we have also been engaged
in serious bipartisan negotiations on a number of issues that should
coincide with that deadline. We have to lift spending cuts, pass
disaster aid, a healthcare package, reach an agreement to enshrine DACA
protections alongside additional border security, and of course there
is the issue of 702 as well. Those negotiations, though difficult, have been proceeding quite
well. In fact, the four congressional leaders met with representatives
from the White House last Thursday and had an encouraging meeting. Unfortunately, following that meeting, the White House issued a series
of unreasonable demands entirely outside the scope of our ongoing
negotiations about DACA and border security. It is part of a pattern of
behavior on the part of this White House during sensitive bipartisan
negotiations. Over the past year, the White House has much more frequently been a
disruptive force rather than a unifying force.
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