BUDGET/IMMIGRATION/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress is expected this week to pass yet another short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, prompting a bipartisan pair of senators to introduce a narrow bill on immigration aimed at ending the impasse that has hindered a two-year budget deal.
The government’s current funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Friday [2-9-18]. Immigration has become entangled in the spending negotiations since President Donald Trump last year ended an Obama-era program that protects young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children, known as Dreamers.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.) plan to unveil a proposal that offers a path to citizenship for Dreamers and orders a comprehensive study to determine what border-security measures are needed. But the bill stops well short of almost all of the president’s demands—including immediate funding for the wall along the southern border—and is likely to meet a chilly reception from conservative Republicans…
The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the bill.”
-Kristina Peterson and Laura Meckler, “‘Dreamer’ Talks Aim to End Budget Impasse,” The Wall Street Journal online, Feb. 4, 2018 07:41pm