The current budgeting process, including the regular use of continuing resolutions, threat of government shutdowns, lack of a stable budgetary environment prohibits this kind of trade space to be used.
Beyer emphasizes the negative impact of unstable budgeting on government operations.
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I think Republicans expect that in nine weeks they're going to lose the majority of the House, maybe the Senate, and that this project could be endangered by a new Democratic majority that actually stands up to Trump,
He has no one in the Republican Party willing to stand up to him on many, many different things. He only might have that trifecta for another couple of weeks.
Who are the snipers going to shoot — the families at the graves or the tourists at the Lincoln Memorial?
“This project is not even close to being ready for prime time. The Administration has not won the legal battle over the proposal, which is plainly illegal without congressional authorization,” Beyer said in a statement.
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