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Senate Democrats Block Bill to Keep Government Open Past Midnight; Shutdown Looms
New York Times ^
| 1/19/2018
Posted on 01/19/2018 7:33:55 PM PST by advance_copy
Senate Democrats on Friday night blocked passage of a month-long stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past midnight, leaving less than two hours to find a path forward before much of the government was set to shut down.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; goodolshutdown; keepitshut; nomorehandouts; obstructionistdems; schumershutdown; schutdown; shutdown
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To: butlerweave
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:42:44 PM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: advance_copy
What President Trump really needs to do is handle this shut down differently from the others. During the shutdown, he is given great powers as President. He needs to shut down the EPA, the Department of Education, the State Department traitors. And other useless agencies. At the same time he needs to assure our border patrol agents. Our Department of Defense nurses. Our Navy Yard metal workers. This is President Trumps opportunity to shine. I pray he does not squander it.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:43:11 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: advance_copy
Actually if all of the Republicans voted Yes, then assuming the five Democrat Yes votes still happened there would be no shutdown.
Jeff Flake, Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee and Rand Paul voted No. I can understand the first three, they are never Trumpers. But why did Rand Paul join with them?
Oh, and as of this post John McCain and Mitch McConnell hadn't voted.
To: freeandfreezing
The bill takes 60 votes. Only 5 Democrat yes votes isn’t enough since there’s only 51 GOP senators.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:44:33 PM PST
by
advance_copy
(Stand for life or nothing at all)
To: advance_copy
3D chess. Look how Trump has them cornered, look at the optics: They're shutting down the government to protect foreign criminals. BWA HA HA! Anyone notice the badmouthing of Trump has subsided today by the left? They are seeing what the Rats are all about: Foreigners above the citizen. EXPOSED! BWA HA HA HA!
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:45:06 PM PST
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(The remoulade was a trifle tart, but the souflee for dessert more than made up for it.)
To: Billyv
Cmon Mitch, man up I believe that qualifies as an oxymoron.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:45:07 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: advance_copy
It usually takes me 2.5 hours to get to work in DC. During government shutdowns I get there an hour earlier.
To: tomkat; Billyv
Cmon Mitch, man upI believe that qualifies as an oxymoron.
C'mon, Mitch, get your Ovaries out of that Lockbox!
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:47:40 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: advance_copy
“The Schumer Shutdown!!”
This is the ONLY way it should be referred to.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:49:01 PM PST
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Billyv
Mitch the bitch will never “man up” because he depends on the cheap labor kickbacks.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:49:45 PM PST
by
2CAVTrooper
(Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
To: G Larry
Agree.
Trump will hang this around Dems necks, always refer to it as Schumer’s shutdown.
To: Sarah Barracuda
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:50:55 PM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Like Mulvaney said, they’re refusing to support a spending bill that contains only stuff that they want!
Amnesty For Illegals! An excellent hill for the final death throes of the horrid democrat party.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:51:36 PM PST
by
KyCats
To: advance_copy
Can I still get stamps?
Then I don’t give a ####.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:51:45 PM PST
by
dp0622
(The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
To: All
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:53:23 PM PST
by
tomkat
To: G Larry
The Schumer Shutdown is going to kill people.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:53:52 PM PST
by
Kudsman
( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
To: freepertoo
So my son in the desert now has to worry about how his wife can run the household on only her paycheck. Like he doesn’t have enough to worry about. Damn the democrats to hell. They put the needs of illegal aliens above the needs of my son and all of his fellow military members.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:54:23 PM PST
by
Himyar
(Comes A Stillness)
To: advance_copy
“It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:54:27 PM PST
by
RKBA Democrat
(Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
To: dp0622
Yes. The USPS is essential.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:55:07 PM PST
by
Kudsman
( Anyone to the Right of Stalin is a Far Right Wing candidate to the Far Left Wing Media.)
To: freeandfreezing
I think I saw Flakey Flake yukking it up with the Dims.
Traitor.
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posted on
01/19/2018 7:55:11 PM PST
by
Jane Long
(Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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