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Republican leaders offer one-month spending bill
Washington Post ^ | By Erica Werner and Mike DeBonis January 17

Posted on 01/16/2018 9:56:31 PM PST by 11th_VA

House Republican leaders presented their rank and file with a one-month spending bill Tuesday aimed at keeping the government open ahead of a Friday night deadline, as hopes for a deal on young undocumented immigrants faded.

The bill would extend existing spending levels through Feb. 16 and include an extension of a popular children’s health insurance program — aimed at winning Democratic votes — and a new sweetener for conservatives and Democrats alike in delaying several taxes included in the Affordable Care Act. Few lawmakers were enthusiastic about the legislation, but several described it as a necessary evil to avoid the first government shutdown since 2013.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: budget; cr; shutdown; spending
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To: 11th_VA

Aaaargh.

Fedzilla does NOT shut down.

Ever.

Dammit.


21 posted on 01/17/2018 4:29:01 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: eartick
Do you miss Speaker Pelosi that much ?

That is who we are going to get if we fire them.
22 posted on 01/17/2018 4:52:50 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: af_vet_1981

I expect everyone of those RINOs to get primaried. I expect you and every other patriot to vote against them in the primary. We will discuss the general election WHEN WE GET TO IT.


23 posted on 01/17/2018 4:57:54 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: wastedyears
Why can’t the Republicans fight for keeps

They got what they wanted already - a cushy job, good hours, and a seat at the bar.

24 posted on 01/17/2018 5:05:53 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: af_vet_1981; eartick
Do you miss Speaker Pelosi that much ?

That is who we are going to get if we fire them.

Please define what "firing them" means to you.

25 posted on 01/17/2018 5:23:41 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: COBOL2Java
Please define what "firing them" means to you.

Losing seats in Republican districts; Alabama Senate race is a prime example
27 posted on 01/17/2018 5:30:19 AM PST by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began.)
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To: 11th_VA
Shame on the Republicans for not doing what needs to be done.


28 posted on 01/17/2018 5:30:57 AM PST by upchuck (Keep a sharp lookout. The best is yet to come.)
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To: af_vet_1981
Losing seats in Republican districts; Alabama Senate race is a prime example

Ever hear of something called a "primary"?

29 posted on 01/17/2018 5:33:37 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Arguing with the left is like trying to reason with a crazy bum hearing voices)
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To: 11th_VA

Uncontrolled auto-spend on our grandkids credit card.


30 posted on 01/17/2018 5:37:24 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: 11th_VA

VETO!


31 posted on 01/17/2018 5:56:02 AM PST by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: 11th_VA
SHUT IT DOWN!

But, unlike the previous hate-America/Veterans preResident, leave the "open air" Veterans Memorials open!

32 posted on 01/17/2018 6:06:08 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: 11th_VA

People THINK the problem is that unless you get 60 Senate votes it will not pass because of a filibuster. The REAL problem is that Republicans accept the millineal version of a filibuster; where it is threatened and everyone throws their hands up in defeat.

Make someone stand and talk to postpone the vote or just go ahead and vote. The first time we do this no one will even bother to stand and the Democrats will be outraged (same as every day...so what). The next time they will have someone stand and talk for a day...until they stop and then we vote. SO WHAT if they get news coverage. It’ll go for. While and then we vote and it passes. By the 10th time people will get bored.


33 posted on 01/17/2018 6:09:00 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government)
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

I don’t see why you are preferencing essential employees. Shut it down, all of it.


34 posted on 01/17/2018 6:39:08 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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To: 11th_VA

Already with the WHITE FLAG?!?!?!??


35 posted on 01/17/2018 6:53:14 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: eartick
Is this winning? Effin clowns could not pass a budget if someone wrote and handed it to them. Fire them






36 posted on 01/17/2018 6:57:18 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: Billyv

Instead of “Spending Bills” they need to start passing “Cutting Bills”


37 posted on 01/17/2018 9:04:44 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

There is no reason for back pay unless they stay on the job. I support back pay if they come in anyway but if they just stay home then we get no work out of them and they do not deserve back pay. This is only fair to the tax payer.


39 posted on 01/17/2018 10:55:14 AM PST by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
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To: 11th_VA

How about a 1-month spending bill that includes: 1) full funding of the wall 2) Elimination of Chain Migration 3) Elimination of Immigration Lottery 4) Mandated use of E-verify for all employment in the USA?

I could support that Continuing Resolution. Then we can talk about the annual budget and how DACA fits in next month.


40 posted on 01/17/2018 11:10:29 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (You couldn't pay me enough to be famous for being rich or stupid!)
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