“The bill ensures taxpayer dollars aren’t used to fund an ineffective border wall, excludes poison-pill riders, and increases investments in programs
that the middle-class relies on, like medical research, education and infrastructure.”
He added that Democrats had “clearly laid out our principles” early in the debate, and argued that the final measure “reflects those principles.”
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, cheered the deal as a “sharp contrast to President Trump’s dangerous plans to steal billions from lifesaving medical research” and expressed relief
that the bill would not pay for an “immoral and unwise border wall or create a cruel new deportation force.”
As of late Sunday, neither Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, nor the
House speaker, Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, had issued statements appraising the agreement.
Bipartisan Agreement Reached to Fund Government Through September -
By THOMAS KAPLAN and MATT FLEGENHEIMERAPRIL 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on Sunday to fund the government through
September, effectively ending any suspense about the possibility of a government shutdown next weekend.
Though the spending agreement saves the president and congressional Republicans from the specter of a shutdown during a period of one-party
rule, it does deprive Mr. Trump of a major victory on the border wall, and Democrats seemed pleased with how they fared.
And it leaves the border wall looming as a fight in future spending negotiations, especially if Mr. Trump
presses the issue, as he vowed to do during a rally Saturday night to mark his 100th day in office.
