Posted on 12/13/2018 3:19:57 PM PST by Mariner
WASHINGTON (AP) — A looming, partial government shutdown would be "stupid" but might be unavoidable if Democrats refuse to support President Donald Trump's proposed border wall with Mexico, the second-ranking House Republican said on Thursday.
Even if Republicans assemble enough votes to approve the wall in the House, the plan probably will fail in the Senate, said Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California. The House majority leader noted that Senate Democrats have pledged to block the bill from receiving the necessary 60 votes.
McCarthy said on the House floor that he thinks "going into a shutdown is stupid," but he offered no immediate plan before the Dec. 21 deadline. The House adjourned for six days soon after his remarks.
McCarthy's comments put him at odds with Trump, who said this week that he would be "proud to shut down the government" in the name of border security.
"I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down," Trump said Tuesday at a contentious White House meeting with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
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And Fedzilla never shuts down.
AttaSoiBoi . . . like clockwork
True.
There are maybe 15 people on board with the wall. The reason why they have to entertain the idea is because Trump is one of those 15
A shutdown would not eb as stupid as voting this worm into a leadership spot.
A leopard cannot change its spots.
We need to shutdown the GOP. A pathetically useless party.
We ALL knew McCarthy was blowing smoke to get elected as speaker, and just as ALWAYS we ALL just accept being LIED to because what the HELL else can we do!!!! NOT ONE DAMN THING!!!
As a caller to Rush suggested today, why doesn’t Trump go to the same source for his few billions of dollars that Obama used to get his 150 billion dollars to give to Iran.
McCarthy gargles.
New boss (McCarthy) same as old boss.
No. him making a comment now is stupid. These assclowns have no sense of strategy.
So who in Congress would stand with Trump on a government shut-down? Very few. They would just override his veto and open the government without him.
Trump needs to either secure the votes in Congress to sustain a government shutdown or cut some sort of deal. I suspect the latter.
Probably most of the 62,979,636 people who voted for Pres. Trump are on board with the wall. I heard Trump promote the wall many times on the campaign trail.
This is a budget bill. Why can't it be passed through reconciliation? That only requires a simple majority.
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Most of the things our government does are stupid!
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Yep, I love how the GOPeePee chose to re-elect ol’ wuss-brain as speaker, instead of Jim Jordan.
Shut the swamp down.
SWAMP CREATURE McCarthy!
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