Sen. John Barrasso is set to meet with President Donald Trump as Republican lawmakers look for a way to end the partial DHS shutdown without Democratic support, the Wyoming Republican said Friday during an appearance on The Faulkner Focus.
Barrasso, who joined the program on April 10, discussed the coming meeting and the GOP plan to resolve the standoff, a timeline that puts fresh attention on an immigration enforcement funding bill and the fight around it. published the video under the title Republicans vow to end shutdown without Democratic support.
The discussion matters now because it comes on the same day the video was published and as Republican lawmakers press ahead with their plan to end the shutdown. That makes Barrasso’s White House meeting a test of whether the party can move its approach forward before the partial DHS shutdown drags on further.
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What is unresolved is not the existence of a plan, but whether it can work on its own terms. Barrasso’s appearance showed Republicans arguing they can act without Democratic support, yet the shutdown remains partial and the next step depends on what comes out of his meeting with Trump.
