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Trump and Republicans to Meet at Camp David With Urgent Matters Looming Trump and Republicans to Meet at Camp David With Urgent Matters Looming
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WASHINGTON — President Trump, who has spent much of the first week of the New Year responding to a critical book, cheering the rise in the stock market and denouncing coverage of the Russian investigation, is set to meet with Republican congressional leaders at Camp David on Friday afternoon to address an urgent and more conventional menu of issues.WASHINGTON — President Trump, who has spent much of the first week of the New Year responding to a critical book, cheering the rise in the stock market and denouncing coverage of the Russian investigation, is set to meet with Republican congressional leaders at Camp David on Friday afternoon to address an urgent and more conventional menu of issues.
Foremost is keeping the government open past Jan. 19.Foremost is keeping the government open past Jan. 19.
They will also be discussing how to reach an accord with Democrats over protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children and how to fund a major children’s health care program. The president met with Republicans at the White House on Wednesday, but the meetings at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, are designed to come up with a clearer strategic approach.They will also be discussing how to reach an accord with Democrats over protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children and how to fund a major children’s health care program. The president met with Republicans at the White House on Wednesday, but the meetings at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, are designed to come up with a clearer strategic approach.
The administration and Congress must also strike a deal to raise statutory limits on military and domestic spending before Jan. 19, when the current stopgap spending bill expires.The administration and Congress must also strike a deal to raise statutory limits on military and domestic spending before Jan. 19, when the current stopgap spending bill expires.
If they cannot reach a deal, the government could be forced into a partial shutdown almost a year to the day after Mr. Trump was sworn into office.If they cannot reach a deal, the government could be forced into a partial shutdown almost a year to the day after Mr. Trump was sworn into office.
How Mr. Trump works with Congress over these critical domestic issues will set a tone for his second year in office, and could shape the 2018 midterm election landscape. Republicans are deeply concerned that their majorities in the House and Senate may be in jeopardy.How Mr. Trump works with Congress over these critical domestic issues will set a tone for his second year in office, and could shape the 2018 midterm election landscape. Republicans are deeply concerned that their majorities in the House and Senate may be in jeopardy.
Before leaving for Camp David, the president continued to cheerlead on the economy. “The stock market is up very, very big today,” he told reporters. “We’ve set new records, and I think they’ll be continued to set.
“The tax cuts are really kicking in far beyond what anyone thought. Numerous companies have today come out and announced that they’re going to make big payments to their employees — something that nobody really had in mind,” he said.
Earlier this week, the president expressed some hope that he could reach a deal with Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, an Obama-era initiative that allowed immigrants illegally brought to the United States as children to be shielded from deportation and to receive temporary, renewable work permits.Earlier this week, the president expressed some hope that he could reach a deal with Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, an Obama-era initiative that allowed immigrants illegally brought to the United States as children to be shielded from deportation and to receive temporary, renewable work permits.
But the two sides seem to be at an impasse over Mr. Trump’s insistence that any immigration agreement include a wall at the border with Mexico, something that Democrats have consistently rejected.But the two sides seem to be at an impasse over Mr. Trump’s insistence that any immigration agreement include a wall at the border with Mexico, something that Democrats have consistently rejected.
“We’d love to take care of DACA,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday, “but we’re only going to do it under these conditions.”“We’d love to take care of DACA,” Mr. Trump said on Thursday, “but we’re only going to do it under these conditions.”
The president in September began winding down the program, and called on Congress to act to replace it. In addition to the border wall, he wants additional resources for immigration enforcement officers, and measures to bar immigrants from sponsoring family members for legal residency or citizenship in the future. Mr. Trump also wants to do away with the diversity visa lottery, a State Department program that admits immigrants from countries that do not send many people to the United States.The president in September began winding down the program, and called on Congress to act to replace it. In addition to the border wall, he wants additional resources for immigration enforcement officers, and measures to bar immigrants from sponsoring family members for legal residency or citizenship in the future. Mr. Trump also wants to do away with the diversity visa lottery, a State Department program that admits immigrants from countries that do not send many people to the United States.
In a Twitter message on Tuesday, the president accused Democrats of “doing nothing for DACA” and being interested only in politics.In a Twitter message on Tuesday, the president accused Democrats of “doing nothing for DACA” and being interested only in politics.
Whether that approach will bring along dubious Democrats is not certain, but it is clear that DACA is only one piece of a larger puzzle.Whether that approach will bring along dubious Democrats is not certain, but it is clear that DACA is only one piece of a larger puzzle.
While many Democrats support ending the visa program and stiffening border and interior enforcement, it is not clear whether they will back the measures that Republicans demand to limit what they call “chain migration,” allowing immigrants to sponsor family members once they gain legal status.While many Democrats support ending the visa program and stiffening border and interior enforcement, it is not clear whether they will back the measures that Republicans demand to limit what they call “chain migration,” allowing immigrants to sponsor family members once they gain legal status.
“Nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to,” Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, said in an interview on Tuesday.“Nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to,” Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, said in an interview on Tuesday.