‘We’ll See’: Pelosi Announces Tepid Support of Ryan/Murray Budget Deal

‘We would have preferred something quite different, but we do recognize the value of coming to a decision’

“I thank our conferees for their leadership, their opinions are important to us. Members will make their own decisions as to where we go with this, and again we would have preferred something quite different, but we do recognize the value of coming to a decision so that we can go forward with some clarity on other legislation that we want to see. If we had included immigration, that brings over $150 billion early on, $900 billion over time could have helped in this budget agreement. If we had closed even a couple of tax loopholes, but that was off limits as well, we would not have to go to user fees for TSA, or anything on the public employees."

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