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Left says Dems caved on shutdown
The Hill ^ | Jan 22, 2018 | By Rafael Bernal

Posted on 01/22/2018 10:31:13 AM PST by 11th_VA

Progressives are hammering Sen. Minority Leader Charles Schumer

(D-N.Y.) for his agreement with Senate Republican leadership to end the government shutdown on Monday.

Even House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

(D-Calif.) has spoken out against the deal, saying there was no reason to support it.

“I don’t see that there’s any reason –– I’m speaking personally and hearing from my members –– to support what was put forth,” Pelosi said at a press briefing shortly before Schumer signaled Senate Democrats would agree to it.

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Activists took a harsher tone.

“It’s official: Chuck Schumer

is the worst negotiator in Washington – even worse than Trump,” said Murshed Zaheed, political director at CREDO, a progressive advocacy group.

“Any plan to protect Dreamers that relies on the word of serial liars like [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell

[R-Ky.], [House Speaker] Paul Ryan

[R-Wisc.] or Donald Trump

is doomed to fail,” Zaheed added.

Schumer and McConnell brokered a deal to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government until Feb. 8 in exchange for a compromise from Senate Republican leadership to hold a vote on DACA-replacement legislation by that date.

Activists were incensed at the deal, as it includes no guarantees that a bill will pass — nor does it tie an immigration bill to a must-pass measure to give Democrats leverage.

The agreement also includes no guarantees that a potential Senate agreement on DACA could see a vote in the House.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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WINNING !!!
1 posted on 01/22/2018 10:31:13 AM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

How about a nice tall cup of MAGA?


2 posted on 01/22/2018 10:31:46 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Democrats call Americans "Deplorables" and illegal aliens "Dreamers".)
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To: 11th_VA

MAGA!!!!

:)


3 posted on 01/22/2018 10:32:22 AM PST by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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4 posted on 01/22/2018 10:32:42 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: 11th_VA

fund the government until Feb. 8 Not winning kicking the can just a short way.


5 posted on 01/22/2018 10:33:02 AM PST by pas
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To: 11th_VA

Well, for once the Left is right!! WINNING!


6 posted on 01/22/2018 10:33:06 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: 11th_VA

Sort of nice for the Left to experience the lack of success Right activist felt when they tried to shutdown maneuver to repeal ObamaCare.


7 posted on 01/22/2018 10:33:10 AM PST by C19fan
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To: 11th_VA

By supporting it Schumer threw Nancy and her Lemmings under the bus.


8 posted on 01/22/2018 10:33:22 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Free Republic has been reduced to a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
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Indeed!

Liberal on Liberal fighting warms my heart!


9 posted on 01/22/2018 10:33:56 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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Activists were incensed at the deal, as it includes no guarantees that a bill will pass — nor does it tie an immigration bill to a must-pass measure to give Democrats leverage.

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I am so happy that the enemies of America are enraged. That means Trump won!


10 posted on 01/22/2018 10:34:32 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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I’m not sure I see the winning.

All this appears to be doing is agreeing for running the gov for 2 1/2 weeks. The ‘Rats, pull their collective arms, vote today to keep the gov open those 2+ weeks.

Where’s the wall? Where’s the end to chain migration? Where’s the fixes for legal immigration?

For that matter, where is a budget? Won’t their be pressure for another short term funding measure at the start of February?


11 posted on 01/22/2018 10:34:55 AM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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“Not winning kicking the can just a short way.”
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I hope the dems shut down the government every few weeks over DACA. Their polling must have told them this is very bad. I hope they continue the same course of action, over and over again until the mid-terms.


12 posted on 01/22/2018 10:35:05 AM PST by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Liberal is someone who cannot accept that there is a Law of Unintended Consequences)
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To: 11th_VA

“Any plan to protect Dreamers that relies on the word of serial liars like [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell

[R-Ky.], [House Speaker] Paul Ryan

[R-Wisc.] or Donald Trump

is doomed to fail,” Zaheed added.
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HEY !!!

How about a plan to protect American citizens from the illegal alien so called “dreamers” ???

How about a deportation plan for those “dreamers” ???

That’ll work...


13 posted on 01/22/2018 10:35:33 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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LOL! Shutdown Schemer Scheming with the hated repubs. It’s called representation. Deal with it moron marxists. He’s your man /s. He Chucked you overboard.


14 posted on 01/22/2018 10:35:40 AM PST by PGalt
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They did.

I bet they had weekend polling data that showed they were being blamed for it, so they caved pronto!..................


15 posted on 01/22/2018 10:35:54 AM PST by Red Badger (Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
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To: 11th_VA

Yeah that’s right Commies Schumer wimped out.


16 posted on 01/22/2018 10:36:20 AM PST by Red Steel
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Hey Chucky Schmucky, it’s not “ Buy high, sell low, it’s buy low, sell high!”


17 posted on 01/22/2018 10:36:34 AM PST by vette6387
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To: 11th_VA

No thanks to Linda Graham and her cabal of traitors.


18 posted on 01/22/2018 10:36:36 AM PST by keat
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To: 11th_VA

I’m not tired of winning.


19 posted on 01/22/2018 10:36:46 AM PST by NeoCaveman (Oil: natural, organic, and gluten free)
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Pelosi should shut the hell up for her own good, which means I hope she keeps running her mouth.

Schumer had no leverage here. In a country of more than 300 million people you can't shut down the government over 800,000+ illegal immigrants with any leverage whatsoever -- no matter how compliant the leftist media may be.

20 posted on 01/22/2018 10:36:52 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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