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Senate blocks White House-backed bill to end shutdown [fails 50-47]
The Hill ^ | 01/24/2019 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 01/24/2019 12:23:06 PM PST by GIdget2004

Senate Democrats blocked a White House backed-plan to end the 34-day partial shutdown, turning it down in a 51-47 vote on Thursday.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined with Republicans to advance the measure, but it fell short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster.

In an unexpected development, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) voted against Trump's plan. Lee is considered a fiscal hawk and Cotton is one of the Senate’s most conservative members on immigration.

The Senate is expected to hold a second vote Thursday on a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the quarter of the government currently closed until Feb. 8. That bill is also expected to fail, though a few Republicans have said they will support it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Utah; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 116th; bordersecurity; borderwall; braking; democrats; mexicanstandoff; mikelee; obstructionistdems; shutdown; trump
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To: gleeaikin

We need a wall from sea to sea.


101 posted on 01/25/2019 9:06:19 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Starboard; DoughtyOne; All

If our Congress critters don’t vote to stand with 800,000 financially hurting voters, and all those hurting down the line because of missing services then their hypocrisy will be a very clear election issue in 2020.


102 posted on 01/25/2019 12:17:46 PM PST by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

Yes, if you buy the idea the majority of Americans can’t grasp why there’s a shutdown, then yes.

From what I’m seeing on Instagram, they’re kicking the Left’s ass on the topic.

Trump needs to play hardball.

We’ll start all over in February, from ground zero.

You think that’s going to sit well?

LMAO

It won’t!


103 posted on 01/25/2019 1:15:47 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: gleeaikin

If our Congress critters don’t vote to stand with 800,000 financially hurting voters, and all those hurting down the line because of missing services then their hypocrisy will be a very clear election issue in 2020.

***************

Hypocrisy is rarely an election issue that causes anyone in congress their seat. If it was there would be a huge turnover every two years.


104 posted on 01/25/2019 2:13:20 PM PST by Starboard
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To: 11th_VA
Bipartisan Senate majority votes FOR Trumps wall funding plan ...

Other way around. There was only one Dem vote for it, but two Repub votes against.
105 posted on 01/25/2019 6:33:40 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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