The federal government has been in a partial shutdown mode for over a week as President Trump fights with congressional Democrats over funding for a border wall. Trump wants to fulfill is campaign promise to build a wall and the Democrats believe that the wall would be a waste of money and signal a strong bias against immigration. Meantime hundreds of thousands of government workers and the services they provide are being held hostage to this dispute.
There is however a simple solution. The Democrats should agree to appropriate $2-$5 billion for a wall, but that appropriation would be contingent on Mexico cutting a check to pay for it. After all this is exactly what President Trump campaigned on. Of course Mexico isn't going to pay for the wall. As a result Trump would win in form and the Democrats would win on the the substance. A win-win that would reopen the government.
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