Trump Shouldn't Declare Emergency to Build Border Wall: CBS Poll
2019-02-04 08:50:35 source：Bloomberg
February 4, 2019
Two-thirds of Americans oppose President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency if Congress doesn’t offer up the funds he wants to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, a CBS News poll released Sunday shows.
Most survey respondents -- 73 percent -- also said they want Trump to continue negotiating while keeping the government open, rather than forcing another shutdown when funding expires again in mid-February. A congressional committee is trying to reach an agreement on border security after the record 35-day government closing ended Jan. 25.
Trump has said in recent days that negotiations are a “waste of time” because Democrats don’t support wall funding, and he said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS that another government shutdown or declaring a national emergency remain viable options.
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