George Herbert Walker Bush https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:57:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg George Herbert Walker Bush https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Government Shutdown: Money, Money Everywhere, But Not a Drop for a Wall https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/government-shutdown-money-money-everywhere-but-not-a-drop-for-a-wall/ Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:33:42 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10659 Written by Larry Elder

This is not our first partial government shutdown. Somehow, someway, from 1976 through 2017, the nation has survived 18 shutdowns, the longest lasting 21 days. In this case, President Donald Trump insists that the next budget deal contain $5 billion to construct a wall on part of our southern border with Mexico.

Trump, say the Democrats, is “unwilling to compromise.” But when he asks for only $5 billion for a project with a U.S.… Continue Reading

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