The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for the Trump administration to resume border wall construction in the Big Bend region of Texas, a blow to bipartisan opponents who had argued the project is a waste of money that threatens the unique landscape.
The border wall is a signature project of President Donald Trump, who has long vowed to build a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.
Republicans in Congress last summer funded the project with $46 billion, and Customs and Border Protection has been rapidly erecting 12 miles of border barriers a week across the entire border.
The government has pushed forward by issuing sweeping waivers to bypass regulations. Those rules are aimed at protecting the environment, but have historically slowed down major construction projects.
Wasn’t this just canceled a few months ago? This is the most wish-washy construction project of all time. I wonder how much it costs every time they stop then start back up again.
I wonder how much it costs every time they stop then start back up again.
As much as they can shovel at their no-bid contractor friends.
Can he just be impeached and actually removed from office this time? Do the supreme Court while you’re at it.
Removal would require a 2/3rds majority of the senate. There will be 56 democratic senators in January
Removal would require 11 Republican senators to cross party lines and vote to remove Trump
I find that highly unlikely, especially since these same senators chose to give Trump carte blanche power to do anything he wanted
Destroying natural beauty in the name of bigotry. Fantastic.
only to have bannon to steal teh funds.
Gotta squeeze it in so Dems have something to cancel and make it look like they’re working when they fail to impeach Trump or pass literally anything worthwhile besides slowly chipping away at 6-8 years of Trump.
Dems may not be able to cancel ICE funding in the next two years.
The Republicans funded ICE appropriations separately from the rest of the annual budget for 4 or 5 years in one go. So ICE is no longer tied to the annual fiscal year cycle. Democrats will need to get past the veto to break that.
All they need is a funded ICE to prevent ICE from losing funding ever.
