Government Shutdown Odds Grow With GOP Border Wall Funding Bill
- Democrats oppose House plan for $1.6 billion for border wall
- Republicans run risk of turning off voters with shutdown
Former U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt discusses the potential for getting U.S. tax reform done this year and the need for it to be a bipartisan effort. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Westin on 'Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.' (Source: Bloomberg)
House Republicans this week are increasing the possibility of a government shutdown in October by moving forward with a $788 billion spending bill that complies with President Donald Trump’s demands to boost the military, reduce clean-energy programs and fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Those priorities, especially $1.6 billion in wall funding, guarantee House and Senate Democratic leaders will oppose the bill. Trump has urged his Republican supporters in Congress to fight, saying in May that a "good" shutdown may be needed to advance his agenda.