Posted on 01/22/2018 9:18:18 AM PST by 7thson
so much for Durbin’s tough talk about keeping it shut until they got something done for illegal invaders.
Fund the military and the three co-equal branches. Leave the rest of it closed and let homeless people live in all the buildings.
One respectfully hopes that Mitch McConnell will honor the Base (us), stay strong, and ...
...do...
...not...
...go...
...wobbly!
.
If Schumer caved I’m glad I was wrong !!
But what do the Dems get for caving ? Anything ?
Maybe the polling was so atrocious they had to stop the bleeding.
Exactly, Chuckie is lower than snake dung. The turkey did what he could have done Friday night without all the drama and upheaval he caused.
Yep, and like you I can’t stand him either.
“Could be that the Dems know that item is killing them and they want it off the table.”
I think you’re right on that.
seems true
both the house and the senate had bills ready to exempt military pay from the shutdown, like in 2013.
It seems money matters should start in the House ?
Passed.
thanx...
Consider the source, Fakebook.
This ,LOL
BS - plus, Schmoomer blinked and is eating crow right now....
Parliamentary maneuver. If the sponsor of a bill that will fail votes against the bill, it can be brought back up any time. If the sponsor votes for it, there is a somewhat lengthy hold placed on the bill.
When McCaskill brought up the proposal, my initial impression was sounds reasonable and I could not think of a counter argument. McConnell objected adding at this time. My impression at that time was it is more a timing thing rather than disagreement. Thinking about it, McCaskill wanted to show the voters that she was for the military. Given the state of things, she absolutely knew that there would be no immediate vote. This was a show at the time where more people would be watching.
Any conclusion that it is other than procedural or implies that McConnell was against funding military pay is completely inaccurate.
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