Just when we thought Congressional leaders were incapable of compromise in order to avoid another government shut down, they surprise us. They announced late Monday that an agreement over border funding had been reached. Calling it “an agreement in principle”, the tentative agreement provides for about $1.3 billion for physical barriers along the border. Not only does the agreement not call the security system a wall, as President Trump has deemed it, but the amount is far shy of the $5.7 billion officials stress is needed. Trump talked about the agreement during his El Paso, Texas rally Monday evening. Pres. Trump
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