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Amnesty Shutdown Over: Democrats Surrender, Get Nothing, Government Reopened
IWB ^ | Chris Black

Posted on 01/23/2018 2:33:48 AM PST by davikkm

After three days of government shutdown by the Democrats, a “near extinction event” (just kidding) nobody actually noticed, nor was affected by it, the GOP scored a major victory against the left, as they managed to gather sufficient DEM votes on Monday to pass a short term spending bill that will fund the Federal Government until February 8. Sixteen Democrats (probably seeking reelection in the mid-terms) joined Republican Senators Mike Lee of Utah and Rand Paul of Kentucky, and voted against the DEM filibuster on the short term spending bill with a crushing 81-18 vote.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: amnesty; chuckschumer; democrats; newyork; schumershutdown; shutdown; upchuckschumer

1 posted on 01/23/2018 2:33:48 AM PST by davikkm
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To: davikkm

And Schumer responds with: ‘This is a great victory!’

A touch of comic relief—always welcome.


2 posted on 01/23/2018 2:40:19 AM PST by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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Amnesty Shutdown Over: Democrats Surrender, Get Nothing,

Schmuck Schumer shows the country what a Horse’s Ass he really is.

3 posted on 01/23/2018 4:33:16 AM PST by GoldenPup
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Amnesty Shutdown Over: Democrats Surrender, Get Nothing....

Wait a sec....havent you heard?

Debbie Democrat Shultz said the shutdown got the Dems "momentum."

ROTFLOL.

4 posted on 01/23/2018 4:38:18 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 Trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: davikkm

Schmucky was probably deluged with emails from deployed military complaints about not getting to see the NFL playoffs.


5 posted on 01/23/2018 5:29:54 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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6 posted on 01/23/2018 5:56:34 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks davikkm.

7 posted on 01/28/2018 8:31:56 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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