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Senate blocks White House-backed bill to end shutdown [fails 50-47]
The Hill ^ | 01/24/2019 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 01/24/2019 12:23:06 PM PST by GIdget2004

Senate Democrats blocked a White House backed-plan to end the 34-day partial shutdown, turning it down in a 51-47 vote on Thursday.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined with Republicans to advance the measure, but it fell short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster.

In an unexpected development, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) voted against Trump's plan. Lee is considered a fiscal hawk and Cotton is one of the Senate’s most conservative members on immigration.

The Senate is expected to hold a second vote Thursday on a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the quarter of the government currently closed until Feb. 8. That bill is also expected to fail, though a few Republicans have said they will support it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Utah; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 116th; bordersecurity; borderwall; braking; democrats; mexicanstandoff; mikelee; obstructionistdems; shutdown; trump
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1 posted on 01/24/2019 12:23:06 PM PST by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Bipartisan Senate majority votes FOR Trumps wall funding plan ...


2 posted on 01/24/2019 12:24:53 PM PST by 11th_VA (Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
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To: GIdget2004

Correction: it was 50-47

Three Senators were absent. Paul, Risch and Rosen


3 posted on 01/24/2019 12:25:26 PM PST by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Shutdown will continue.

Neither bill would make it to the President’s desk.


4 posted on 01/24/2019 12:25:33 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GIdget2004
If Repubs cross and support this second bill, Nancy wins the game.

Time to go nuclear and see what the house does with that in their lap.

5 posted on 01/24/2019 12:26:09 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: GIdget2004

Next they will vote to advance the House passed CR.


6 posted on 01/24/2019 12:26:10 PM PST by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Before anybody jumps ugly, could Lee and/or Cotton have been voting nay for procedural reasons?

If not, let the jumping ugly commence.


7 posted on 01/24/2019 12:26:16 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: 11th_VA

Was this the bill that included fully funding the wall ?


8 posted on 01/24/2019 12:26:36 PM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: GIdget2004

PDJT’s fault right?


9 posted on 01/24/2019 12:26:42 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: GIdget2004

YAWN, I hope the furloughed folks realize that the Dems could get them back to work in a NY minute for a measly 5 billion dollar wall, less the one dollar nancy provided.


10 posted on 01/24/2019 12:27:03 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Sacajaweau

It will fail.

This was a show vote and we’re a long way from a bipartisan deal to end the shutdown.


11 posted on 01/24/2019 12:27:32 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: mewzilla

Who knows? I will give Lee and Cotton the benefit of the doubt before knee-jerking and flaming against them.


12 posted on 01/24/2019 12:28:08 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: GIdget2004

Some people here were suggesting that Mike Lee would make a good SCOTUS justice. No thanks!


13 posted on 01/24/2019 12:28:32 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: Responsibility2nd

I’m working on it....


14 posted on 01/24/2019 12:29:10 PM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Nancy Pelosi is demanding that every American keep their Front Doors unlocked and open or she will continue the Federal Government Partial Shutdown.


15 posted on 01/24/2019 12:29:35 PM PST by Kickass Conservative (Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: GIdget2004

“Next they will vote to advance the House passed CR.”

Sorry, I should have said they will vote whether or not to advance the House bill. I don’t expect that it will pass.


16 posted on 01/24/2019 12:30:13 PM PST by GIdget2004
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Three Senators were absent. Paul, Risch and Rosen

Let's REALLY correct the vote: it was 47-1 against. Manchin voted for it, the Demorats voted against it, and those Senators with an "R" after their name were ALL absent.

17 posted on 01/24/2019 12:31:20 PM PST by ssaftler (Beam me up, Scotty! There's no intelligent life left in this country!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Democrats can keep playing political games but they won’t be able to force Trump’s hand.

He isn’t caving.


18 posted on 01/24/2019 12:31:23 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: rktman

This is the voters fault. We got Trump in but we need to vote in enough of the rest to get whay we want.


19 posted on 01/24/2019 12:32:06 PM PST by Democrats hate too much
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To: GIdget2004

Useless wankers. All of them.


20 posted on 01/24/2019 12:32:16 PM PST by Pravious
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