Originally Posted by
ItalAussie
I'm not actually expecting it to. But what it does mean is that it should force Trump to ask for slightly more money, making it easier to knock him back. Currently, the best Republican argument is that 5.7 billion is basically nothing in the big scheme of things. If the Democrats come out and say "we took it seriously, costed it properly, and came up with 150 billion", then next time Trump might have to put in, say, 30 billion so as not to look utterly stupid. But it's easier to treat 30 billion as an outrageous cost than it is five.
It's 100% political gamesmanship, but I reckon they could land it.