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March 29: Trump's Deadline to submit Wall Proposal.

Trump's plans for a 'physically imposing' 30ft border wall that is 'aesthetically pleasing' (at least on the US side) are revealed as he invites firms to bid on the project
By Associated Press11:34 EDT 18 Mar 2017

• Trump administration has asked companies to bid on building his border wall
• Two contract proposals - one for concrete wall, another for see-through, were posted by customs officials
• CBP asks for 'physically imposing' and 'aesthetically pleasing' (on U.S. side) wall
• Government will award contract based on 30ft wide sample walls to be built in San Diego

The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that is visually appealing from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, new documents have revealed.

A pair of contract notices posted online late Friday by Customs and Border Protection provide some specification of what President Donald Trump wants for his 'big, beautiful wall' at the Mexican border.
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Last month CPB put out a call for 'concept papers' to design and build prototypes by March 10.

Proposals for the wall are due to the government by March 29.

Design

One of the CBP contract requests calls for a solid concrete wall, while the other asks for proposals for a see-through structure.

Both require the wall to sink at least six feet into the ground and include 25- and 50-foot automated gates for pedestrians and vehicles.

The proposed wall must also be built in such a way that it would take at least an hour to cut through it with a 'sledgehammer, car jack, pick axe, chisel, battery operated impact tools, battery operated cutting tools, Oxy/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools.'

It also 'shall be physically imposing in height,' and must be 'aesthetically pleasing in color,' at least on the U.S. side, CNN reported.

An internal report prepared for Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly estimated the cost of building a wall along the entire U.S.-Mexico border at about $21bn, according to a U.S. government official who is involved in border issues. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the report has not been made public.

That report proposed an initial phase that would extend fences 26 miles and a second wave that would add 151 miles, plus 272 'replacement' miles where fences are already installed, according to the official.

Those two phases would cost $5bn.

CBP is the Homeland Security Department agency that will oversee the building project and eventually patrol and maintain the wall...

This week the president sent a budget proposal to Congress that included a $2.6bn down payment for the wall.

The total cost for the project is unclear, but the Government Accountability Office estimates it would cost about $6.5m per mile for fence to keep pedestrians from crossing the border and about $1.8m per mile for a vehicle barrier.

It is unclear how soon Congress might act on that request or how much money lawmakers will ultimately approve for the wall.

Democrats and some Republicans have said a border-long wall is unnecessary.

The Department of Homeland Security reported earlier this month that the number of border arrests dropped about 44 per cent from January to February, the lowest monthly tallies since at the least the start of the 2012 budget year.

 

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10155740455867908

 

A lot of Trump supporters are Christians-in-name-only. As a matter of fact, neither the GOP nor the Democrats truly follow Christian ideals (which is one of the reasons I'm neither)

 

Skip to the 8:22 mark:

 

REALYY NIGGA!!! Fox Klan loves to make bad shit look good.

 

Because it's easier to deflect to Hillary/Obama/Democrats than actually defend Trump's fuckery.

You'd think a party that won all three branches of government in a stunning upset and can work their will unopposed would be unconcerned with liberals who are out of power, but you'd be wrong

 

Real talk

 

Even though they have the executive office and majorities in the house and the senate, it's still not a slam dunk for the GOP to get their policies through. The main reason they are putting forward this latest health care bill, even though many republicans have come forward pointing out its flaws, is because it is enough of a compromise to get a super majority vote to avoid filibuster tactics from the democrats. The democrats, even being in the minority, still have moves they can make to obstruct and cause gridlock, and many will feel it's time to payback the republicans for all their obstruction during the past 8 years.

 

True. They need the 60 unless he goes nuclear.
Reubs are not a blind voter block like the Dems usually are.

 

Yeah, like when the GOP as a group voted 100% AGAINST nearly all legislation proposed by Dems during Barack's 8 years in office.
The Republicans became the 'Party Of No' for a reason.


There are no moderate Republicans anymore.

 

I heard the tea party folks chased them out the party.

 

Really? Name a single issue they don't vote as a block on that involves the people

 

Thanks for responding to Bliss, I'm actively trying not to respond to her right-wing bs

 

Aye..aye..it's fair and balanced l tout, tyvm!

 

You might be exaggerating.. 100% voted no on almost everything? For 8 years? Seriously?

 

http://www.eclectablog.com/2013/08/...oved-until-barack-obama-became-president.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/...-turned-the-unprecedented-into-the-new-normal
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2015/02/01/a-walk-down-memory-lane-on-republican-obstruction/
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/10/aft...-obama-republicans-now-want-to-get-rid-of-it/

 

https://twitter.com/UPROXX/status/843550151130124289

http://uproxx.com/news/tomi-lahren-pro-choice/

LOL.

 

As horrible as it read, you showed me an article on only a planned multilateral obstruction by Republicans...to Obama's Health Care Reform.

However, you stated that.was the case for all issues and Bills put forth in Congress and the Senate, that 100% of Republicans united to vote no.

"..the GOP as a group voted 100% AGAINST nearly all legislation proposed by Dems during Barack's 8 years in office..."

That is why l felt it was an exaggeration.
I think it's common knowledge they bullheadedly united against the ACA. Which was a farce anyway as they had NOTHING prepared when Trump said "let's roll". Cheap empty suits, those Repubs.