Posted on 12/21/2018 4:10:16 PM PST by janetjanet998
Breaking news: House lawmakers left the Capitol Friday night without passing a budget agreement, ensuring funding for several key government agencies will lapse at midnight. The partial shutdown comes amid an impasse between President Trump and Democrats over billions in federal funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. This story will be updated.
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That’s a shame.
If I were President Trump, I would immediately rub their noses in it by signing an Executive Order that would amend the Congressional funerary protocols to provide that every American citizen who is murdered by an illegal alien shall lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda for a period of three days.
All costs and expenses incurred, direct or indirect, in connection with these memorials shall be reimbursed from the “Salaries and Wages” budget line item for all 535 petulant 3rd-grade brats who are pretending to be adult members of the United States Congress.
They are all responsible for demonstrating an egregious and callous disregard for the very lives of the American citizens they are all sworn to protect. Let them protest that Executive Order in the court of public opinion!
Congress is neither recessed or adjourned. If it were truly in recess, the President could make recess appointments. If adjourned, then business is done until the new Congress convenes. Of course, newspapers are very sloppy in their language, on purpose, it seems.
What a BS headline.
House did its job. Senate can go along with House bill or not. If they don’t = partial shutdown.
Why is it assumed it is OK for the Senate to agree to, say, $1.6B in wall funding then send it back to the House. Screw them; agree to House version or own the shutdown.
Enjoy your extra long Christmas Vacations government workers! Where is the downside?
Unfortunately, The President cannot legally dock the salaries or wages on Congress or judges. He can veto appropriations, and wait for bills that have 2/3 votes in both Houses to override. Might save a few (hundred billion) bucks that way.
What if “non-essential” Federal employees are never called back to work? The horrors!
Oh BELIEVE ME the MSM will make sure that EVERYONE notices the VERY PARTIAL shutdown the constant drum beat by them will be nauseating!!!!
So what’s going on?
I’m getting mixed messages from the various posts here, and Fox News seems more interested in talking about Michelle Obama’s shoes.
Weird!
Border security is essential newbie!
If I were President Trump, I would immediately rub their noses in it by signing an Executive Order that would amend the Congressional funerary protocols to provide that every American citizen who is murdered by an illegal alien shall lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda for a period of three days.
All costs and expenses incurred, direct or indirect, in connection with these memorials shall be reimbursed from the “Salaries and Wages” budget line item for all 535 petulant 3rd-grade brats who are pretending to be adult members of the United States Congress.
They are all responsible for demonstrating an egregious and callous disregard for the very lives of the American citizens they are all sworn to protect. Let them protest that Executive Order in the court of public opinion!
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I like that Shrewdness!
True they didn’t pass a budget but then this wasn’t the 2019 Budget.
This is a spending bill to keep the gov’t operational. A new Budget
will be forthcoming later in 2019.
That would be excellent.
Theyd complain about how broke this would make them,....
And they’d effectively destroy their own position.
I thought you lost everything with Trump? Are you cheering him on now?
You can take that to the bank. The only sure thing is that we are going to get screwed, royally.
It’s not about facts or truth, it’s about emotional manipulation.
Kavanaugh hearing had nothing to do with abortion, it was fighting for a placement of judge that is a Constitutionalist i.e. protects us from the ruling elite or an Activist i.e. protects the ruling elites from us.
If any FReepers are having trouble accessing the WaPo site, delete all your WaPo cookies. Get a fresh start and you should be able to access.
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