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Where’s the avenue for compromise? It might be for the President to take less than the asked for $5 billion, or it might be for Democrats to ask for something else to sweeten the deal. But none of these compromises are available because Democrats have remained committed to blocking any funding for the wall in their drive to make Donald Trump a one-term President.

Yesterday, CHQ Chairman Richard A. Viguerie issued a news release and call to action calling upon conservatives to contact the White House to urge President Trump to make a primetime televised address explaining why the wall on our southern border is essential for the national security and economic security of the United States.

The Left has made its opposition to the border wall clear, not only through direct commentary, but by what they leave out. The clear benefits of a border wall are being ignored by the media, and only you, Mr. President, using the proven technique pioneered by President Ronald Reagan can make those benefits known to the American people.

Securing the border isn’t going to happen in a Pelosi-run Congress. We urge President Trump to continue to keep his promise to veto any spending bill that does not have his minimum $5 billion for the wall, have the battle for the border wall now before Democrats are stronger and have more tools at their disposal.

Does McConnell think that Republicans will be in a stronger position to fund the wall in February than they are right now? Having control of the House Democrats will also control a host of procedural tools they can use to erect barriers to the President’s plans to build the wall. Democrats will be in a vastly stronger position to thwart the President in February than they are today.

Getting $5 billion to build the wall, and building the wall, is what the year-end budget battle is all about. Shutting down the so-far unfunded pieces of the federal government is only a tactic, not a strategic goal, and having the Pentagon build the wall is one possible solution.

The Democrats’ ever shifting positions on border security and opposition to funding for the border security Wall President Trump promised to build has nothing to do with disagreement on the effectiveness of walls at borders, rather it is a despicable exercise in political hypocrisy in which the only constant is opposition to whatever position President Trump has taken.

The good news is that the House Freedom Caucus has stepped forward with a plan that will address the border wall funding problem: First, a proposal to end the catch and release problem. Second, $5 billion in unrestricted funding for the border wall. Please lend your voice to our “Don’t Waste The Lame Duck, Build The Wall” campaign.

Please lend your voice to our “Don’t Waste The Lame Duck, Build The Wall” campaign. Click the link and send a letter to Republicans in Congress demanding that the GOP stand with President Trump and fund the wall on our southern border or shutdown the government.

The House Freedom Caucus will offer two amendments to the year-end spending bill. First, we need to end the catch and release problem. Second, we need $5 billion in unrestricted funding for the border wall. Our members will not vote in support of a bill that doesn’t include these provisions. The president should also use his veto pen to ensure that Congress listens. This battle won’t be easy. Nothing worth doing ever is. But if we have the political will, we can win. We have the American people on our side.

Yesterday's meeting between President Trump and Democratic leaders Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Charles Schumer proved that Trump took away the most important lesson from the funeral of the late George H.W. Bush – failing to fight for your political promises is a guaranteed way to be a one term president. Trump has chosen the right fight to have with the Democrats, and the right time to have it.

We urge CHQ readers and friends to contact their Senators and Representatives today to tell them not to waste the Lame Duck. This is the last opportunity Republicans have to fund the Wall before radical Far-Left Democrats takeover the House and impose gridlock on President Trump’s conservative agenda. The toll-free Capitol Switchboard is (1-866-220-0044) call TODAY.

To find senior defense and national security officials who share his views, President-elect Trump may have to look beyond the obvious choices who, though undoubtedly talented, have a long association with the failed policies he has promised to rethink.

The Capitol Switchboard is 1-866-220-0044. We urge CHQ readers to call Congress to oppose the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34) and to join other limited government constitutional conservatives in opposing this one last giveaway to Obama’s priorities by the feckless Capitol Hill Republican establishment.