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McConnell blocks Senate Democrats move to reopen the government
CNN ^ | 01/10/2019 | By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN

Posted on 01/10/2019 11:43:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/10/2019 11:43:00 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Excellent!


2 posted on 01/10/2019 11:43:58 AM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: SeekAndFind

OMG! could it be true that the Turtle has found a spine?


3 posted on 01/10/2019 11:45:20 AM PST by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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Thank god we held the Senate. Turtles can be obstacles when positioned appropriately.


4 posted on 01/10/2019 11:45:53 AM PST by JonPreston
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OMG! could it be true that the Turtle has found a spine?

Nearly every time someone on FR posts this, we somehow get screwed over soon after.

5 posted on 01/10/2019 11:47:33 AM PST by CatOwner
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To: SeekAndFind

Seems to me the pressure is on Democrats and Trump. By their rebuttal that have made it into a Trump vs Pelosi/Shummer argument. Trump can handle the heat. The rest of the Republicans would be best just to sit back.


6 posted on 01/10/2019 11:49:02 AM PST by HarleyD
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The Senate should take up the Homeland Security budget first - with $5.7B or more designated for the Wall. But it doesn’t matter until the House passes a Homeland Security bill, any Homeland Security bill.


7 posted on 01/10/2019 11:53:56 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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All we need to keep firm:

1 Trump and 34 Senators

or

1 Trump and 148 Representatives

Just need Trump and enough legislators in one legislative chamber to sustain a veto.


8 posted on 01/10/2019 11:58:02 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: SeekAndFind

So from whats not in the news, how are judge appointments coming along?


9 posted on 01/10/2019 11:58:17 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: SeekAndFind

Eat Scheet Scummer. Ha ha


10 posted on 01/10/2019 11:59:26 AM PST by Gasshog
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You're looking at this the wrong way.

Trump will never veto a bill to re-open the government.

That's why McConnell won't even allow a vote on a measure unless he knows Trump will sign it.

11 posted on 01/10/2019 12:00:14 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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Like hell he won’t


12 posted on 01/10/2019 12:06:00 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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And remember that it was Schumer who refused to allow a vote in December on the Ryan funding bill. His complaints ring hollow now.

-PJ

13 posted on 01/10/2019 12:06:44 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (The 1st Amendment gives the People the right to a free press, not CNN the right to the 1st question.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Surely not!

How can so many Freepers be so totally wrong ? /s


14 posted on 01/10/2019 12:07:05 PM PST by bert ( (KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Princess Gray Beaver, for President?)
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Well, Reid refused to allow a vote, thus shutting down the government. Of course, the Repubs were blamed for it by not sending Obummer a bill he “could sign”...


15 posted on 01/10/2019 12:09:17 PM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Let’s say the the entire federal expenditures for one year equal one dollar. Now take one penny out of that dollar and split it into ten equal parts.

Just one of those copper slivers represents what the President is requesting for this year’s wall construction.

That’s one tenth of one percent, yet the Democrats refuse to give it to him, even though a sizable number of the American people support building the wall.


16 posted on 01/10/2019 12:13:08 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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I would say The President and the majority in the U S Senate have more power than Nancy in control of the House much to her dismay. LOL


17 posted on 01/10/2019 12:16:36 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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Dems are experiencing a spending withdrawal, a Jones. As addicts, they can’t hold out much longer.


18 posted on 01/10/2019 12:19:04 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Alberta's Child
Trump will never veto a bill to re-open the government. That's why McConnell won't even allow a vote on a measure unless he knows Trump will sign it.

That's just crazy talk. Trump is pulling mcconel along kicking and screaming. mcconnel has always been an open borders supporter. If Trump had not threatened veto, the budget would already be passed with no wall funding just like for the last 8 years.
19 posted on 01/10/2019 12:27:21 PM PST by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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YERTLE Strong


20 posted on 01/10/2019 12:28:08 PM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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