Trump Approval
Another issue that could become problematic was the approval of President Trump.
Trump said he won’t approve a bill that doesn’t give him the leverage he needed for the border wall.
“Unless it improves a wall – and I mean a wall, a real wall – and unless it improves very strong border security, there’ll be no approvals from me, because I have to either approve it or not,” Trump said.
Caught up in the middle of the issue was House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan had said a few weeks back that he will be quitting when his term was up.
During his tenor he had to deal with a Government shutdown and many challenges of getting bills approved. One of the biggest was this immigration bill along with Obama Care.
“What we’re trying to do is find where the consensus sweet spot is,” Ryan told reporters in the Capitol recently. “Immigration is an issue that has a lot of passionate positions.”
Trump wanted to see the issue dealt with but in the way he wanted.
“They want to continue having Republicans lead on that issue [and] the President wants to lead on that issue,” said GOP Rep. Tim Walberg. “So I’m hoping that ultimately our caucus will come together and put an immigration bill across the line.”
