Posted on 01/18/2018 11:12:13 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
FULL TITLE: Hey Republicans, if you want to avoid a government shutdown, it's time to go it alone without Democrats
It’s time for Republicans in the U.S. House to take decisive action without delay on the issues of immigration reform and government funding that will prevent a government shutdown Friday night.
The House should debate and vote on a two-year budget bill backed by the White House that increases military funding. It should do the same on the Securing America’s Future Act introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
As the immigration and budget negotiations unfold, the conservative majority in the House should not sit idly by and play victim.
Over the past year, the Democrats have shown no genuine interest in working with President Trump or the Republican majority in Congress on any issue. The truth is that the Democrats desperately want a government shutdown.
Over the past year, the Democrats have shown no genuine interest in working with President Trump or the Republican majority in Congress on any issue. The truth is that the Democrats desperately want a government shutdown.
Anyone who thinks that top congressional Democrats – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, House Minority Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois – are negotiating in good faith on immigration or the budget should take a mental health test.
The delusional obstructionists in charge of the Democratic Party have no problem with allowing our military to twist in the wind if they don’t get the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) fix that they want on their terms. Everyone in America knows that’s not how negotiating works.
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Don’t give govt employees back pay for the time during the shutdown, THAT will bring Dems to the table.
The President holds those purse strings. He’ll have no problem looking incredulously at the Left and saying “you SERIOUSLY think I’m paying for work not done? You want that, it’s going to cost you dearly somewhere else.”
Shut it down Baby!
Eh, I say make ‘em squirm a bit. Dreamers stay in the bill if it includes annual drug testing for all Federal employees, including Congress and their staffers. It’ll never happen but it’d be fun to see how they would spin it.
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