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Day 31 ...of the crazy shutdown!
800,000 people not getting paid!
And on Saturday where he described an offer to end the shutdown that would include temporary deportation protections in exchange for $5.7 billion in money for his wall or physical barrier along the US border with Mexico.
Pelosi said the offer was a "non-starter" that did "not represent a good faith effort to restore certainty to people's lives."
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Re: Day 31 ...of the crazy shutdown!
House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson said the 800,000 federal workers hit by the shutdown needed to be paid.
"We should not be in this situation," the Mississippi Democrat said on ABC's "This Week." "Put the people back to work, and let's negotiate border security, but don't hold those 800,000 employees hostage in this situation. Democrats are for border security, but we want to talk about it."
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