<p>Congress on Wednesday unveiled a $1.3 trillion spending package that does not appear to include border wall funding or protections for Dreamers. ;</p>
<p>The omnibus spending bill does include $1.2 billion for border security and $641 million for fences and other obstacles, but does not allow for the construction of a concrete wall or the implementation of new technology to help secure the border. The bill also lacks a measure to defund sanctuary cities.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan don&rsquo;t want a border wall; they detest the idea of it,&rdquo; said one Congressional insider. &ldquo;They are trying to sell the president on the idea they&rsquo;ll fund it in another bill when they know that won&rsquo;t happen.&#8221;</p>
<p>The bill includes more than $3.2 billion for infrastructure and railway projects and specifically allocates over $450 million for the Gateway tunnel, a pet project of Senator Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s (D-NY) that would connect New Jersey with New York City. Even with federal funding, the Gateway tunnel will cost taxpayers some $30 billion to complete.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s troubling when we get a tunnel and we don&rsquo;t get a wall,&rdquo; said Freedom Caucus leader Mark Meadows (R-NC).</p>
<p>Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan (R) ;slammed the bill as the &#8220;worst bill our leaders have ever allowed to come to the floor,&#8221; adding that it is &#8220;not&#8230;anywhere close to consistent to what we said we would do when they elected us in 2016.&#8221; ;</p>
<p>Critics say the bill represents a lost opportunity for Trump, who might not get another chance to secure funding for the border wall. It was also ;the perfect opportunity for the Dems to enact legislative protections for Dreamers. But neither side would agree to the other&rsquo;s demands. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;President Trump had an opportunity to deliver on two promises. One, build the wall. Two, to sign a &lsquo;bill of love&rsquo; for Dreamers. His desire to slash legal immigration and increase immigration enforcement makes delivering on these promises impossible,&rdquo; says Ali Noorani of the National Immigration Forum. &ldquo;To put it another way: Trump had two birds in hand; now, he&rsquo;s got nothing.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>The 2,232-page measure will likely be the last major bill to pass Congress this year, and it is unlikely that either issue will be solved any time soon. ;</p>
<p>&#8220;We have Dreamers that need to be taken care of,&rdquo; said Arizona Senator Jeff Flake (R). &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the way for the White House to get what it wanted on the border.&rdquo;</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> The media is all over the place on this, some say it doesn&#8217;t include any of the wall, others say it covers 100 miles. Some say Trump ;supports the bill, others say he is angry. Personally I agree with Rush Limbaugh&#8217;s comment, that Trump will not sign a bill that does not include the wall.</p>
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