Dhs Appropriation News Today

We want to stop drugs for coming into our country. we want to stop criminals and gangs from coming into our country. nobody has done the job weve ever done. nobody has on the job was done on the border. >> the president has targeted $8 billion for portable construction. 1.37 billion of that will come from the dhs appropriation that was just past of the house and senate. $601 million will be used from the treasury department forfeiture fund. that is money that the government can do on that collec...

This to some other program which is again why the president is going for this money outside of the dhs appropriation. >> sandra: all right, john roberts. we have await the president at the white house. we are still waiting. he should step out at any moment now. andy mccarthy you are standing by. if you could weigh in on the moment as we await the president. >> well, i think one of the things that i would be interested in how a court will take is the kind of cognitive dissonance thats involved in...

Put it on the screen to follow along. the 1.375 billion from the dhs appropriation. in addition to that, the president has found some buckets of money elsewhere in the administration. elsewhere in the government that he can use. $600 million from the treasury. as much as 2.2 billion rerammed from other areas of the department of defense that section 284 and then this is the one that he needs the emergency declaration for. it is section 2808, the military construction budget. the president plans ...

Wall. >> its talking about there, reprogramming money, transfer authorities, moving money around for different departments for different things. we dont know how much money he can move and in addition to the $1.3 billion that is being offered to him on a border barrier in this dhs appropriation. the one thing that were not headed for as long as congress can pass this by midnight friday is another shut down. at least not one that the president will precipitate. listen here. >> i dont think youre ...

$2 billion, probably $1.6 billion, but the total cost of the entire dhs appropriation is around 49, $50 billion so if you cough up that money border wall or physical barriers or whatever you want to call it, you cut into other regions of the bill. one lawmaker said no, you will not get ice breakers or things things for pandemic. so they have to get that narrow, john. >> john: is there a way they can pass this before next friday? >> chad: that is possible but how speaker pelosi can i think you wi...