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Government shutdown breaks record,with no end in sight
Reuters ^
| 1/12/2019
| David Brunnstrom, David Morgan
Posted on 01/12/2019 4:19:09 PM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A partial U.S. government shutdown over President Donald Trumps demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border entered its 22nd day on Saturday, making it the longest shuttering of federal agencies in U.S. history, with no end in sight.
Trump, holed up in the White House with Congress adjourned for the weekend, warned of a much lengthier impasse and blamed the Democrats.
We will be out for a long time unless the Democrats come back from their vacations and get back to work, he tweeted.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alreuters; alreutersfakenews; fakenews; hughandseries; hughmanatee; record; shutdown; trump
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Hmm,I haven't noticed a difference;)
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:19:09 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
I got in free at a national park. :)
To: mdittmar
Me too. And I am a federal employee.
To: norcal joe
I always do,got a little fishing spot I like;)
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:23:18 PM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Having no impact on my family from California to the East Coast.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:23:45 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Liberals/Democrats/GOPe's 2019 Strategy, mantra, plan = 'No Borders, No Walls, No USA at All!')
To: mdittmar
Hugh manatee! Like thats a bad thing.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:24:07 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mdittmar
the Coast Guard is in this group. They need to be moved to the Navy Department and out of Homeland Defense. After all, in wartime they do submarine hunting, provide protection to convoys, mann landing craft on invasions, small boats on the Vietnam rivers, etc. They are presently at the forefront of our war on drugs. They confiscate enough drugs in one year to pay for the entire CG force in any year.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:24:20 PM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: mdittmar
Que the microscopic violin.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:25:06 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: mdittmar
Looks like Reuters is upset that Trump is making all sorts of firsts.
To: Huskrrrr
First time Democrats have seen the virtue of small government. Good.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:27:00 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: mdittmar
Make any needed corrections and make the cuts permanent. Then cut more!
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:33:09 PM PST
by
faithhopecharity
(“Politicians arent born, they’re excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: mdittmar
Im going to go apply for Welfare Monday in my Border Patrol Uniform...lol
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:36:56 PM PST
by
Ajnin
(Don't be a pansy, embrace the fireball.)
To: mdittmar
Interesting. The real economy is rumbling right along with ever increasing activity.
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posted on
01/12/2019 4:49:42 PM PST
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: mdittmar
At this point 24 hours longer than Bill Clinton's shutdown. I don't recall as much pearl clutching then. And since today is a Saturday, most of those government employees would be at home anyway.
The fakeness of the modern media is remarkable.
To: mdittmar
And the leaches in the federal government, with their wonderful benefits, are not worried. They will all get back pay and get to count this as a free vacation. Just one more benefit of being a government leach.
JoMa
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posted on
01/12/2019 5:13:46 PM PST
by
joma89
To: joma89
Good. All the “workers” are “nonessential”. Let them get real jobs in the private sector...if anyone is stupid enough to hire them.
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posted on
01/12/2019 5:33:59 PM PST
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: mdittmar
Burn it all. Keep it shuttered
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posted on
01/12/2019 5:42:42 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Coming in from the cold .... been a LONG while.)
To: mdittmar
Stand strong Mr. President.
We need that wall.
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posted on
01/12/2019 6:28:43 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: elpadre
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posted on
01/12/2019 7:38:10 PM PST
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: norcal joe
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posted on
01/12/2019 8:16:53 PM PST
by
Truthoverpower
(The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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