Scalise Expects The GOP To Introduce An Amendment To The Existing Bill, Adding $5 Billion In Border Wall Funding

President Trump will NOT sign the current short-term spending bill as is.

BREAKING: Speaker Ryan says President Trump will not sign short-term continuing resolution passed by Senate. https://t.co/vNp0vlw0TF pic.twitter.com/PeZWvSF5lo

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 20, 2018

WATCH: Speaker Ryan: "The president said he will not sign this bill, so we're going to go back and work on adding border security to this." https://t.co/9cU08jz4nv pic.twitter.com/MFUHTFxKMG

— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 20, 2018

So what’s next? Rep. Steve Scalise says he expects the spending bill will remain the same, but they’ll work in an amendment which would provide $5 billion in border wall funding.

Whip Scalise tells us he expects the short-term spending bill will come up AS IS and there will be an amendment to add $5 billion in border wall money and disaster relief. There is a STRONG chance the amendment could fail…no word what that would mean for the base CR.

— Kelsey Snell (@kelsey_snell) December 20, 2018

Scalise says House will bring up the CR with an amendment adding $5 billion for the wall plus disaster funding.

— Erica Werner (@ericawerner) December 20, 2018

Scalise on government funding & if they have the votes for the new plan: “We’re talking to a lot of members now.”

— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 20, 2018

We’ll continue to follow this.

I hope this works. If we don’t do this now, it will never happen. Do these schmucks really believe this will be easier when Democrats are in charge of the House in February? Come on.