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House Democrats ready strategy to reopen government, deny Trump wall money
Washington Post ^ | 12/31/2018 | By Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim

Posted on 12/31/2018 10:29:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Democrats have settled on a strategy for attempting to reopen the government when they take control of the House on Thursday, aimed at ending the partial shutdown quickly — but denying President Trump the new money he wants for a border wall.

Democrats plan to pass a stopgap spending bill to fund the Homeland Security Department through Feb. 8. The bill would extend the existing $1.3 billion spending level on border fencing and other security measures, far short of the $5 billion Trump has sought to build new walls along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The GOP-controlled Senate passed a similar stopgap measure earlier this month, but Trump subsequently rejected it. It’s unclear how the Senate would respond if presented with the plan again.

Under Democrats’ plan, the House would also pass a package of six other spending bills to fund an array of federal agencies that have been shuttered since Dec. 22, including the Interior, Agriculture, Commerce and Justice Departments. Hundreds of thousands of workers at those agencies and others are home on furlough, facing the possibility of missing paychecks depending on how long the shutdown lasts.

Those six spending bills would be passed through Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year, at levels already embraced on a bipartisan basis in the Senate — an approach aimed at pressuring the Senate to go along.

The bills to reopen government will be among the first votes cast by Democrats when they take control of the House and open the 116th Congress. The legislation was expected to be made public later Monday. Details were confirmed by two House Democratic aides speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of a formal announcement.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: borderwall; congress; democrats; shutdown
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To: Chuckster

It’s not whining, it’s a revolution.


61 posted on 12/31/2018 6:20:14 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: SeekAndFind

House dems have to get past the repub senate and a president who could give a rip what others think of him


62 posted on 12/31/2018 6:32:12 PM PST by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: SeekAndFind

With all the videos of Pelosi, Schumer, Clinton, and obama saying the exact things, I don’t think the leftist ‘horde’ of top lawyers have a leg to stand on!


63 posted on 12/31/2018 7:06:57 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: SeekAndFind

So what if they have a plan. Trump has a veto.

If Trump vetos and the GOPs in the Senate cave we will remember.


64 posted on 12/31/2018 8:30:24 PM PST by Agatsu77
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To: patriotfury
"Impeaching Trump is much much harder, when they need his signature on the annual budget, and this fight is sucking the oxygen away from impeachment."

Ding ding ding! Winner, winner, chicken fajita dinner!

They are sworn in on Friday, by Monday even the new brown ones will be ready to give him $5B so they can get their fat stupid faces on the boob tube screaming for impeachment.

65 posted on 01/01/2019 2:17:14 AM PST by StAnDeliver ("Mueller personally delivered US uranium to Russia.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Just as we needed the Dems to get a couple things done, they need the RINOs to get around Trump...if that happens, we are toast of the SOS type....need to pressure Mitch and company along with our own reps....bigly.


66 posted on 01/01/2019 3:12:42 AM PST by trebb (Put your money where your mouth is - or be deemed "empty hot air worthless")
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To: SeekAndFind
They might find that difficult without the cooperation of two-thirds of the Senate...and House,for that matter.
67 posted on 01/01/2019 4:08:49 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: Tzimisce

Ryan swallows.


68 posted on 01/01/2019 6:02:41 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Gasshog

Oh they will do all of that and more. Going to be a shit show for next two years.

Mitch hasn’t listened to the GOP people in years.Romney and McSallu will be joing Collins and Murkowski voting with Dems.


69 posted on 01/01/2019 6:45:47 AM PST by Engedi
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To: GOPe Means Bend Over Spell Run

Well, with Dems stealing elections with absentee votes and provisonal voting, felon voting, no wall, mass invasions planned to continue, I don’t see how we can vote them out.


70 posted on 01/01/2019 6:53:27 AM PST by Engedi
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To: SeekAndFind
It will only show how much LESS government we really need.

With 7 million jobs unfilled there shouldn't be a problem finding work for most of these parasites. That said, most are probably unqualified for work in the private sector or just too lazy.

71 posted on 01/01/2019 9:05:02 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: All

The longer DC is closed the better. A wise USA would make it permanent. The bureaucrats run USA. They’re most of the deep state; deepest hidden in darkness.


72 posted on 01/01/2019 10:42:21 AM PST by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; Dems may change USAgov completely, just amend USConstitution)
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To: SeekAndFind

Worst ‘so what’ story of the prior 365 days.


73 posted on 01/01/2019 1:17:55 PM PST by major-pelham
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To: SeekAndFind

I am hoping it stays shut down long enough for most people to realize that we don’t need the hundreds of thousands of non essential personnel after all.


74 posted on 01/01/2019 2:49:42 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: truthkeeper
Coulter: Trump will fold on the wall.
75 posted on 01/02/2019 12:02:29 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: max americana
I believe we don't have agents at the border to catch the mexiclowns sneaking in

Please tell me what difference does it make if we catch them or not? We release them about as fast as we catch them and the taxpayer pays for their transportation away from the border.

76 posted on 01/02/2019 12:14:45 PM PST by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Washington Compost’s panties are showing. Headline should read : “Democrats plant to deny funds for border wall, keep government shutdown going.”


77 posted on 01/02/2019 12:23:05 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SeekAndFind

The Senate needs to place a 1 billion dollar Wall amendment on each of the 6 of the bills submitted to them by the Pelosi dog and pony show.


78 posted on 01/02/2019 12:32:28 PM PST by redcatcherb412
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To: SeekAndFind
House Democrats ready strategy to reopen government, deny Trump wall money

God bless their little pea-pickin' hearts!

I guess they now have enough votes to override a VETO of any bill that does NOT have the wall money in it.

79 posted on 01/02/2019 3:50:58 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Jumper
No need for wall if Mexico militarizes IT's side of the border; to keep the INVADING HORDES away from US before we begin to think that Mexico WANTS us to be 'invaded'!!

That just might REALLY make us mad!

(Hat tip to little KIM)

80 posted on 01/02/2019 3:54:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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