Posted on 01/19/2018 5:57:53 AM PST by markomalley
President Donald Trump castigated Democrats on Friday morning and said they could force a government shutdown because they want illegal immigration.
The House passed a continuing resolution with a vote of 230 to 197 on Thursday night to avoid a government shutdown, sending the bill to the Senate.
"Government Funding Bill past [sic] last night in the House of Representatives. Now Democrats are needed if it is to pass in the Senate – but they want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shutdown coming? We need more Republican victories in 2018!" Trump tweeted.
House Republicans couldn't count on many Democrats supporting the resolution because the short-term bill that funds the government through mid-February does not include a fix for the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program, which expires in March. This meant that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) needed to pass the spending bill with mostly Republican votes.
Ryan was able to reach a last-minute deal with the conservative House Freedom Caucus to support a short-term government funding bill after they previously threatened they had the votes to defeat it earlier in the day.
The fate of the short-term spending measure is unknown because at least six Republican senators have publicly come out against the measure, leading Senate Democrats to say they are confident they can block it from advancing, NBC News reported:
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has proposed a shorter stop-gap measure, lasting just four or five days, to be used as a hard deadline on an agreement on government spending levels and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program known as DACA.
In an animated and rare late-night debate on the Senate floor, Schumer and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell sparred over the legislation, which would extend government funding for four weeks until Feb. 16. The measure would also fund the low-income children's health insurance program, or CHIP, for six years and delay some taxes that are key sources of funding for Obamacare.
McConnell insisted that it's unreasonable to demand an agreement on immigrants when there is no immediate deadline.
A Political test for Trump.
This one should be easy.
Dims loves them some illegals.
In what sense is it a test for Trump?
Democrats are going to shut down the government while refusing to vote in favor of CHIP only because they want to grant amnesty to illegal aliens.
I’m anxious to see how that works for them!
We the People simply put don’t want these DACA scumbags and the rest of the criminal aliens in the country any longer.
Force them out. Make them return to where they came from. Let Mexico or wherever figure out what to do with them.
BINGO! This needs to be repeated over and over.
Democrats want to flood our nation with third world invaders so they (the Democrats)can control their votes by putting them on welfare.
The case must be made that the Democrats have chosen illegals over citizens.
1) Who gives in on this (DACA)
2) Who wins in November elections.
If Trump were to sign the Graham-Durbin DACA bill or a budget with it then we would have better off if he just continued DACA as it was under Obama.
If Dems take over the congress next year then this was all for nothing. No telling what Trump will sign.
They’ve chosen themselves over citizens. As you suggest, illegal immigrants are just tools toward that end.
The case must be made that the Democrats, Graham, Flake, Collins, Murkowski, and other GOPe (expletives deleted) have chosen illegals over citizens and our military.
Let the Demonrats SHUT IT DOWN!!
Republicans=America First
Democrats=Illegals First
That should be prpeated constantly
Trump has already spelled out the requirements for what he’ll sign. The test is for the voters. If enough of them prioritize illegals over citizens, the Democrats win. If enough still put the country ahead of illegals, Trump (among others) wins.
No, Obama is no longer POTUS
Hillary is NOT POTUS
Trump is head of the GOP and leading this fight.
He can screw things up and lose, or he can play this right and win.
Win for us, not for illegals or Democrats.
He is in charge
Democrats want to destroy the middleft class, because with the education level of the middle class, they would have a potential for skepticism, and also keep in mind that Democrats own both extremes in the nation in terms of wealth.
Your post is incoherent. You reposted what I wrote, but then replied to someone else.
You know, I wish I could say that as a universal truth, but when we're dealing with RINOs concealing themselves as Republicans, I don't think we're safe in making that assumption.
You are right, but it still needs to be said repeatedly. That way people will recognize Flake, McCain and Graham for what they really are
It ain’t just the Dems!
Add Wall Streeters to the list of pro illegal immigration.
I am so sick of that smarmy little queer Flimsey Grahamnesty and the stupid open primary system in S.C. that allows Democraps to vote for the Republican of their choice.
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