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  • Dems give up shutdown fight

    01/22/2018 10:59:57 AM PST · by COUNTrecount · 128 replies
    Washington Times ^ | January 22, 2018 | By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller -
    Senate Democrats relinquished on the government shutdown Monday, agreeing to vote to reopen the government but insisting they’ll keep fighting for illegal immigrant “Dreamers” over the next weeks, with another shutdown deadline looming Feb. 8. “I’m glad we’ve gotten past that,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said just ahead of a vote. The vote to end the filibuster was 81-18, clearing the way for passage of the stopgap spending bill. The House was expected to pass the bill later Monday, which would end the shutdown after three days. The breakthrough came after Mr. McConnell said he would allow the Senate to...