There very well maybe a Trump inspired Government shutdown coming for the Holidays unless SOMEONE pulls a ‘rabbit out of a political hat’…..
Democrats REALLY ARE in the drivers seat it would appear….
While the current House has a Republican majority that just passed a Budget with a $5B wall ok?
They added a sweetener of $7B for disaster relief….
THAT ain’t gonna get the bill thru the US Senate says Democratic Minority leader Schumer…
For passage?
The bill needs Seven Democrats along with the Two Independent Senator’s
THAT is NOT gonna happen….
The interesting thing is that come January?
The House is gonna be led by Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi….
Trump can stop dreaming about wall money then…
The House voted 217-185 Thursday to send the continuing resolution back to the Senate after adding $5.7 billion for border security and $7.8 billion for disaster relief, despite the package having little chance of getting to President Donald Trump’s desk.
The decision to add those elements to the bill, even though the disaster aid package enjoys broad bipartisan support, complicates efforts to avert the partial government shutdown that is set to begin Friday night when the stopgap spending bill expires.
But House Republicans felt emboldened to at least give their preferred approach a try, after Trump weighed in with them personally Thursday. And Republicans pointed to comments from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., at a meeting with Trump last week in which she claimed the House GOP couldn’t pass a bill with $5 billion for the U.S.-Mexico wall as added motivation.
“There’s nothing like getting a challenge from the other side’s leader that says you don’t have the votes,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said before the vote Thursday evening. “Very helpful. “
The revised measure would need 60 votes to get through the Senate, where Democrats have said they’ll oppose it when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., calls a vote, likely around noon Friday.
“It will clearly not come close to getting the 60 votes that it needs and then Leader Pelosi and I and probably Sen. McConnell would hope that the House would then consider the bipartisan, unanimously passed bill,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said at a press conference with Pelosi…..
Seriously?
Some GOPer’s ARE Mad Crazy for Donald Trump….
Sen. Steve Daines, a member of the Appropriations Committee, is floating using the “nuclear option” to effectively change the Senate’s rules to make it easier to agree to the latest House-passed spending bill that provides in excess of $5 billion in funds for the wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“House just passed a bill that fully funds government and enables @realDonaldTrump to secure our border/build the wall,” the Montana Republican tweeted. “Senate can do same by eliminating the filibuster. 51 votes, same as we do for judges!”…
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has long said the support does not exist for extending the simple-majority threshold to limit debate to the legislative calendar, and back in January a senior Senate GOP aide said the votes did not exist within the Republican Conference for such a move….
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has long said the support does not exist for extending the simple-majority threshold to limit debate to the legislative calendar, and back in January a senior Senate GOP aide said the votes did not exist within the Republican Conference for such a move….
Politicalwire…