Posted on 12/03/2017 4:01:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
Testing the resolve of Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Sunday there won’t be a government shutdown this week over the question of protecting immigrants brought to the country illegally as children, describing it as a “non-emergency” to be addressed next year.
“There’s not going to be a government shutdown. It’s just not going to happen,” said McConnell, R-Ky.
House GOP leaders unveiled a short-term plan over the weekend to avert a shutdown and keep the government open through Dec. 22. The measure would buy time for bipartisan talks on a bigger budget agreement that would give the Pentagon and government agencies significant relief from a pending budget freeze.
Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund the government through the end of next September.
Democrats and a few Republicans have suggested they may not vote for government funding without the protections for tens of thousands of young immigrants, known as “Dreamers,” who are currently protected by an Obama administration program. That program is set to expire in March. …
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Dems don’t want a shutdown.
Unlike Obama who tried to make everyone suffer during the shutdown, during a Trump shutdown only the Dems and their donors will be the ones not getting a gummint paycheck.
For everyone else, it’ll be a breath of fresh air!
The fence: does it or does it not go up?
What Ozero did to the WW II Vets is permanently UNFORGIVABLE!!
I would’ve shut down DACA on Day 1, but since Trump didn’t, I’m expecting the wall in exchange for legalizing the DACA illegals.
Same here, unless Trump pulls a rabbit out of his hat, which he is known to do.
No damned AMNESTY!! And I want that WALL That big beautiful WALL!!! NOW!!! Get these illegal aliens OUT !!
“Democrats and a few Republicans have suggested they may not vote for government funding without the protections for tens of thousands of young immigrants, known as “Dreamers,””
Boot them all. They have to go back. All of them.
If there is a shutdown....so does Trump get to make recess appointments.
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