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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: advance_copy

Why isn’t the lamestream media playing the years of Democrats on TV claiming shutting down the government is bad??


61 posted on 01/19/2018 8:18:31 PM PST by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: advance_copy

eating popcorn


62 posted on 01/19/2018 8:21:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: butlerweave

Yeah I think they were Printed and out by daylight


63 posted on 01/19/2018 8:22:08 PM PST by easternsky
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To: chiller

The military will not be paid. They will eventually get back pay. It’s hardest on those that are deployed. They can’t just try to pick up some work on the side to make ends meet. The civilian employees that are furloughed get paid later too, but they don’t have to work. The military has to carry on, paid or not. Plus as General Mathis said today all maintenance that is not already started will be postponed. We are already in a pickle with ragged ass equipment, lack of training time etc. This will just put us further behind.


64 posted on 01/19/2018 8:23:54 PM PST by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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To: advance_copy

35 min. to go, and many senators are still milling around... are they expecting to vote on a new CR?

Maybe something will be introduced last-minute for a shorter spell of funding (2-3 weeks).... otherwise, I don’t know why they are staying around.....


65 posted on 01/19/2018 8:25:12 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Just another Joe

Can he block retroactive pay for the federal workers who have overrun VA?


66 posted on 01/19/2018 8:25:27 PM PST by Theodore R.
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To: All

Shroomer is back in his seat..... maybe someone is supposed to introduce a new last-minute res.

Otherwise, I don’t know what they are hanging around for....


67 posted on 01/19/2018 8:26:43 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: Enchante
They are devoted to their illegal “DACA” clients

They were not devoted enough to them to pass DACA as a law when they had control. I love to remind all those sputtering about DACA now about that.

Durbin has had how long to get DACA passed (and before that DREAM since 2001) and now it is all Trump's fault?

68 posted on 01/19/2018 8:27:45 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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As someone else commented, WE paid for all that restaurant food too!

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69 posted on 01/19/2018 8:28:31 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Wife and I happened to be on vacation (pre-planned) to Williamsburg at that time. They shut down the Williamsburg-to-Jamestown parkway, and had put up hundreds (if not thousands) of bright-and-shiny orange and white plastic saw-horse barricades, even blocking off “point of interest” parking pull-offs along roads that were open. Wonder how much all of those cost.

The kicker was when they blocked off access to Mt. Vernon, until the private organization that runs the place pointed out that they weren’t subject to the shutdown!

Quite the memorable journey through Obama waste and abuse.


70 posted on 01/19/2018 8:28:39 PM PST by niteowl (Wisdom comes in two parts: 1) Having a lot to say, and 2) not saying it.)
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71 posted on 01/19/2018 8:31:02 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: advance_copy; chuck; Nancy

72 posted on 01/19/2018 8:31:24 PM PST by conservative98
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To: niteowl

Oh, I remember the stories on how they spent more money than they usually would have just to block off places so people would notice.
The Mount Vernon one was hysterical.
I was not personally affected in the least.


73 posted on 01/19/2018 8:32:20 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Himyar
"The civilian employees that are furloughed get paid later too, but they don’t have to work".
Incorrect. Depends on who is "essential" and who is not. If there is a furlough, I am expected to report to work Monday and work. I am deemed "essential". On the other hand, my sister is not considered essential. She would report to work to sign paperwork, and then leave. True that at some point we will get paid.
74 posted on 01/19/2018 8:37:17 PM PST by Mrs.Liberty
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75 posted on 01/19/2018 8:40:30 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: chiller

We have active duty family members and they are being warned to plan for not getting paychecks. This is what is on the website- looks like something could be passed to get them paid but that would depend on the Democrat’s tantrum level.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/01/18/how-government-shutdown-would-impact-pay-benefits.html


76 posted on 01/19/2018 8:41:58 PM PST by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: Enchante
ONE MINUTE ......
77 posted on 01/19/2018 8:58:42 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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To: advance_copy

MIDNIGHT: Funding for the U.S. Government has ended because Democrats care about illegals more than Americans.


78 posted on 01/19/2018 8:59:07 PM PST by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: advance_copy

The Schumer Shutdown.


79 posted on 01/19/2018 9:00:52 PM PST by Redleg Duke (Build KateÂ’s Wall! Never Forget!)
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To: advance_copy

McConnell getting ready to speak....


80 posted on 01/19/2018 9:02:35 PM PST by Enchante (FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
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