Conservatives Split on Shutdown

Conservative lawmakers are split on whether to risk a government shutdown before the midterm elections by insisting for funds to build a wall along the Mexican border, Politico is reporting.

At issue is whether lawmakers push for funding for a border wall now or wait until after the elections.

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said Wednesday "at this point, we need to fund the government, and we need to have a deliberate plan on how we secure our border."

Meadows said he did not see such a plan being developed this month.

"I really believe that the majority of our effort will be spent on border security after November versus in October," Meadows said.

But Rep. Jim Jordan R-Ohio, is urging GOP leaders to push for border wall funding now – before Congress leaves for the election.

"The central thing that the people elected Republicans to do is secure our border, build the border security wall," he told Fox News' "Fox & Friends."

Republican congressional leaders were to meet with President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The GOP leaders say a government shutdown would hurt Republican prospects for the midterms.

Meanwhile, Trump told The Daily Caller: "I think that after midterms, we're going to have a very serious discussion because we want border security. We have to have it."

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