After a long day of essentially no forward progress, we are two hours away from a government shutdown and nobody seems to in charge. Particularly not this guy, who bigfooted his way in about half an hour before the supposedly scheduled vote on the short-term spending bill sent over to the Senate by the House.
Not looking good for our great Military or Safety & Security on the very dangerous Southern Border. Dems want a Shutdown in order to help diminish the great success of the Tax Cuts, and what they are doing for our booming economy.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2018
Way to help the last-minute negotiating, big guy!
There was last minute negotiating. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) spent a few hours shuttling between Democratic and Republican leadership meetings, pushing a three-week spending bill that he thought would give them enough time to come to resolution on immigration. But:
Marc Short and John Cornyn both told reporters tonight: âÂÂNo deal.âÂÂ
— Daniella Diaz (@DaniellaMicaela) January 20, 2018
Democrats are holding tight, with just four breaking ranks, essentially a free vote for them, because it would take at least 9 Democrats to give McConnell the votes to pass this. Or maybe 13 or 14? Who knows? Nobody really seems to be in charge of anything here, and that includes the whip counts. Here’s where the Democrats are at:
COONS just gave a long readout of the situation:
– Dems want at least agreement on path forward/talks on DACA and other issues
– But leaders can’t agree
– So Dems won’t support 3-wk CR
– Shutdown happening
– And Big floor speeches coming soon.— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 20, 2018
The vote that is almost certain to fail starts shortly, and the government shutdown shortly after that.
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Per Dem @SenBlumenthal :
"There was virtually a deal, a comprehensive agreement between Chuck Schumer & the president, and he walked away from it after he talked to his hard right."— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) January 20, 2018
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Per Dem @SenBlumenthal :
“There was virtually a deal, a comprehensive agreement between Chuck Schumer & the president, and he walked away from it after he talked to his hard right.”— Lisa Mascaro (@LisaMascaro) January 20, 2018
