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White House tell agencies to prepare for shutdown as Rand Paul holds up key vote
CNN ^ | February 8, 2018

Posted on 02/08/2018 5:38:44 PM PST by SMGFan

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is preventing a two-year budget deal from passing, as the White House advised federal agencies to prepare for the government to start shutting down at midnight.

Congressional negotiators were scrambling earlier Thursday to lock in enough votes in the House, and that was before Paul, a Republican, made public his dissatisfaction with the deal, which would raise government spending, avert a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.

A senior administrative official said the White House is instructing agencies to begin shutdown preparations in the event that Congress fails to pass a budget before the midnight deadline.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: auditthehead; budget; kentucky; paul; randpaul; shutdown
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To: SMGFan

Could a 24-48 hr shutdown give the President time to seize Agency Intel and computer IT assets? Start perp walks upon gov return to work?.


61 posted on 02/08/2018 7:41:44 PM PST by Billyv ( Ephesians 6:11 for we battle not against flesh and blood...Pray for our leaders and nation!)
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To: Billyv

Eye on the bigger prize! Think outside the box 3D-4D chess!


62 posted on 02/08/2018 7:44:30 PM PST by Billyv ( Ephesians 6:11 for we battle not against flesh and blood...Pray for our leaders and nation!)
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To: SMGFan

I have an odd theory. When all the secretaries are not sitting at the desk, and support personnel are sitting at home. When the offices are closed. It would be a good time to issue subpoenas and search warrants.


64 posted on 02/08/2018 7:46:30 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: SandyInSeattle

No, the voting did not take place.

Government Shutdown Looms as Rand Paul Protests Budget Deal

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/08/us/politics/congress-budget-deal-vote.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-approaches-funding-deadline-government-shutdown-live-stream-updates/


65 posted on 02/08/2018 7:51:23 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: DOC44
I get the feeling everyone up there who has to work with him are tired of his antics.

Who gives a flying doughnut what they think? The only thing that matters to me is what I think. I know what is right and wrong. And in this case, our buddy is right!

66 posted on 02/08/2018 8:02:58 PM PST by SandwicheGuy (*The butter acts as a lubricant and speeds up the CPU)
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To: DOC44

“..which would raise government spending, avert a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling...”

In light of that line, I’d say Rand Paul is the ONLY one there doing exactly what he’s supposed to be doing.

Whether “everyone who has to work with him is tired of his antics” or not is irrelevant.

He was sent there to do a job, not to be part of a popularity contest. And he’s doing his job as he sees fit.

We have a chance to repair our Country, and “our” side (with the exception of a few) appears to be a bunch of feckless twits playing games with the enemy.


67 posted on 02/08/2018 8:07:12 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: central_va

“Once they took out the Bannon threat, McConnell and the rest of the congressional swamp were free and clear to get their old uniparty groove on.”

they all join hands when it means they can spend money that they didn’t earn

and acting like this is all to benefit the military...


68 posted on 02/08/2018 8:11:39 PM PST by MyDogAteMyBallot
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To: SMGFan

I thought we were supposed to be the party of limited government. We’re supposed to be the constitutionalists. Why are FReepers attacking Rand Paul for standing up for our principles? Good for him.

We have too much government anyway. I stand with Rand.


69 posted on 02/08/2018 8:23:06 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: JohnBrowdie
yes, yes. that’s your standard schtick; everyone that disagrees with you is somehow impure or dishonest.

What schtick?

If you are a conservative, you would oppose this bill and hope Trump vetoes it.

Did the Democrats seek Republican input on Obamacare? Where was the compromise and working together then?

70 posted on 02/08/2018 9:01:02 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: TBP
Why are FReepers attacking Rand Paul for standing up for our principles?

Simply because his last name is Paul and FReepers are still pissed over Ron Paul's presidential run which created the populist-Tea Party movement to begin with.

If Cruz was pulling this they'd be having multiple orgasms.

71 posted on 02/08/2018 9:04:54 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: political1; Billyv

Interesting, there -is- precedent for doing that...

they canned someone while he was on travel (was it Comey?) and could very well have gone thru his office files.


72 posted on 02/08/2018 9:14:12 PM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: ducttape45

“This is one of those times for the latter. He’s going to singlehandedly keep me from going to work in the morning.”

You work for the fedgov?

And you’ve got the nerve to complain?


73 posted on 02/08/2018 9:17:35 PM PST by JPJones (More tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Actually, I’m wondering where Cruz and Lee are. They should be joining in.


74 posted on 02/08/2018 9:22:07 PM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: JPJones; ducttape45

As usual some people talk big, until they would have to put some skin in the game. Working for the big machine they just wanna make certain no one moved they cheese. Paul is right. Too much pork, not any action.


75 posted on 02/08/2018 9:57:19 PM PST by Oil Object Insp
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To: raiderboy

Any grandstanding which impedes Trump strengthens his and our (or at least MY) enemies. Most people don’t understand that the Fed owns a third of the debt hence receives interest payments which, along with any other profits, is given the US Treasury.

Another interesting point is that there is no accounting for the federally owned assets. If we buy an aircraft carrier all that shows on the books is the 2 billion to buy that aircraft carrier not the 2 billion it is worth as an asset. If books were kept as they are in a private business the net national debt would be much less.


76 posted on 02/08/2018 10:59:43 PM PST by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: huckfillary

That’s all well and good - but WHERE can that kind of cuts be made? Everyone has their pet project or area of government funding that they just won’t turn lose of.

How about taking a little peek at the Constitution for some guidelines as to what should and shouldn’t be part of the Federal government and its financial outlay of the PEOPLE’s money:

National Defense - #1 (and one of the few) legitimate and Constitutional expenditures we have.

Enforcement of imports and exports...

And little more is included in the standards Not food stamps. Not welfare. Not insurance (except I believe taking care of veterans who you promised care to is urgent). Social Security... nope Disability... Nope.


77 posted on 02/09/2018 12:01:14 AM PST by TheBattman (Voting for lesser evils still gets you evil...)
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To: JPJones
Well you see, unlike many, I actually "work" for a living. I'm not the type of government worker that is always castigated here on FR. I don't make a whole of money, I barely have two nickels to rub together between paydays, and have been the victim of the cronyism and nepotism that are prevalent in the government system.

So before you get the pitchforks and nooses out, just remember that there are those within the government who are just and honorable people who are just as much a victim as those without.

Yes, we also see the waste and we see how people have scammed the government to draw two to three retirements and live in luxury when many in the American public live in poverty, a fate I will share when I eventually retire.

So take your hatred of everyone who works for "fedgov" and shove it. Not everyone of us is the monster you make us out to be.

78 posted on 02/09/2018 2:39:37 AM PST by ducttape45 ("Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people." Proverbs 14:34)
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To: AndyJackson

This is one of the times I agree with Rand - he’s sticking a pin in McConnell’s eye over his cave to the dems in this “bi-partisan” “budget”....


79 posted on 02/09/2018 3:20:25 AM PST by trebb (I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...;-})
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To: SMGFan

Rand Paul seems to be against busting the budget with unlimited deficit spending. Here’s what I am wondering, once this budget goes into effect, can the president freeze spending on certain items via executive order?


80 posted on 02/09/2018 5:39:40 AM PST by Saveourcountry
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