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Shortly after the president fired off his surprise tweet, House Speaker Paul Ryan spoke with Trump around 9:30 a.m. and encouraged him to sign the omnibus, a source familiar with the call told ABC News. The source said they discussed the \"wins\" in the omnibus, \"especially for the military.\"

Democrats blasted the president for what they see as his hypocrisy on a solution for the fate of some 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients – young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.

“Mr. President, you terminated protections for DACA recipients, you cynically held them hostage for your costly boondoggle of a wall, and you have undercut every bipartisan attempt to fix the mess you created,” Sen. Patrick Leahy, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said. “You can fix this. Or at the very least, don’t unilaterally make things worse, yet again.”

Appropriations Vice Chair Patrick Leahy: \"Mr. President, YOU terminated protections for #DACA recipients, YOU cynically held them hostage for your misbegotten wall, and YOU have undercut every bipartisan attempt to fix the mess you created. YOU can fix this.\" #OmnibusVetoThreat

— Sen. Patrick Leahy (@SenatorLeahy) March 23, 2018
/> Sen. Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat, accused the president of being asleep at the wheel. \"Seriously though, Rip Van Winkle, did you just awake from a long slumber? We gave you a deal last month that offered all the border funding you wanted AND a path to citizenship for Dreamers. YOU (or your minions) tanked it and turned us down. Art of the Deal-Wrecker!\" Kaine tweeted. After Trump tweeted Friday morning some members of Congress like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, encouraged him to veto the measure.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi tweeted that Democrats had some of their own wins in the bill.

ABC News' John Parkinson contributed to this report.

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