Schumer jabs White House over offer to fund Obamacare subsidies in exchange for border wall

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Schumer jabs White House over offer to fund Obamacare subsidies in exchange for border wall
By Sarah Ferris and Madeline Conway
04/21/17 04:37 PM EDT
Updated 04/21/17 05:35 PM EDT


The White House is offering Democrats a dollar-for-dollar deal to fund Obamacare subsidies and the border wall in the upcoming spending bill, according to budget director Mick Mulvaney, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer shot it down, with snark.

Mulvaney told Bloomberg Live on Friday that White House officials have told Democrats they're willing to fund $1 in Obamacare subsidies for every $1 that’s provided for the border wall as both parties look to avert a government shutdown next Friday.

“That’s the offer we’ve given to our Democratic colleagues. That should form the fundamental understanding that gets us to an agreement," Mulvaney said.

Schumer’s office quickly threw cold water on the proposal, with spokesman Matt House saying Democrats thought Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall.

“The White House gambit to hold hostage health care for millions of Americans, in order to force American taxpayers to foot the bill for a wall that the president said would be paid for by Mexico is a complete nonstarter,” he said. “If the administration would drop their eleventh-hour demand for a wall that Democrats, and a good number of Republicans, oppose, congressional leaders could quickly reach a deal.”

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/21/chuck-schumer-obamacare-subsidies-border-wall-237469

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1. The WH clearly has no clue.

Of course they will blame the DP for opposing the funding.

Cue drumph tweets re that BS

[OnDoutside]

2. But but it's the art of the deal !!!