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Senate blocks White House-backed bill to end shutdown [fails 50-47]
The Hill ^ | 01/24/2019 | Jordain Carney

Posted on 01/24/2019 12:23:06 PM PST by GIdget2004

Senate Democrats blocked a White House backed-plan to end the 34-day partial shutdown, turning it down in a 51-47 vote on Thursday.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined with Republicans to advance the measure, but it fell short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a filibuster.

In an unexpected development, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) voted against Trump's plan. Lee is considered a fiscal hawk and Cotton is one of the Senate’s most conservative members on immigration.

The Senate is expected to hold a second vote Thursday on a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the quarter of the government currently closed until Feb. 8. That bill is also expected to fail, though a few Republicans have said they will support it.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Utah; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: 116th; bordersecurity; borderwall; braking; democrats; mexicanstandoff; mikelee; obstructionistdems; shutdown; trump
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To: GIdget2004

We’ve had over 30 days of this shutdown. It’s time to layoff all the needless teat drainers and save a trillion.


21 posted on 01/24/2019 12:32:30 PM PST by Quilla
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To: GIdget2004

Votes aren’t there to override a veto.

Its kabuki theater and everyone knows it.


22 posted on 01/24/2019 12:32:59 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Quilla

Beautiful.

Democrats know the price for ending the shutdown but they’re refusing to pay it.

Trump isn’t in a big hurry to get it over with.


23 posted on 01/24/2019 12:35:39 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: GIdget2004

Our government is locked up tighter than a guy whose swallowed 32 ounces of cement.


24 posted on 01/24/2019 12:35:48 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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lee voted against the wall


25 posted on 01/24/2019 12:37:52 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: DoughtyOne

What are we missing exactly? Right now its the proverbial Mexican standoff.


26 posted on 01/24/2019 12:38:21 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

May the shutdown go on as long as necessary to get wall funding.


27 posted on 01/24/2019 12:39:19 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Trust Sessions" Yeah Right")
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To: pepsi_junkie; Responsibility2nd

All snark aside, Cotton and Lee are about the most conservative members we have in the Senate....Curious to know their reasoning behind the vote.


28 posted on 01/24/2019 12:39:39 PM PST by traderrob6
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romonhisnees voted for it and then against it...


29 posted on 01/24/2019 12:39:49 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: Col Frank Slade

Yes, 50 voted to fund the wall ...


30 posted on 01/24/2019 12:40:37 PM PST by 11th_VA (Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
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To: GIdget2004
Utah has two piles of shi!, Lee and Romney. Thanks jackasses.
31 posted on 01/24/2019 12:40:47 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Quilla

I haven’t missed these Federal “workers” one bit. Meanwhile, I’m told that not paying them, is costing me money? Hmmm, fake math...


32 posted on 01/24/2019 12:42:08 PM PST by Professional
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To: mewzilla

I think procedural. Vote no to bring up the bill again.


33 posted on 01/24/2019 12:42:18 PM PST by HombreSecreto (The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year)
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To: GIdget2004

The 60 vote thing is merely a Senate rule found nowhere in the Constitution. And thanks again to Cotton and Lee. Two damned traitors.


34 posted on 01/24/2019 12:43:26 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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lee is and always has been a never trumper


35 posted on 01/24/2019 12:43:54 PM PST by novemberslady
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To: GIdget2004

This is NOT about a wall - this is about crushing the Resistance. Lincoln burned cities and destroyed crops to put down the rebellion. I stand behind Trump in whatever he does to crush the rebellion.


36 posted on 01/24/2019 12:44:59 PM PST by 11th_VA (Hey RATs - Negotiate or Starve)
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To: DesertRhino

Democrats own it by refusing to vote for a border wall.

The President won’t sign a spending bill without it. Everyone knew that 34 days ago and nothing has changed since on that front.


37 posted on 01/24/2019 12:45:26 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: novemberslady

“lee is and always has been a never trumper”

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BINGO!


38 posted on 01/24/2019 12:46:40 PM PST by alicewonders
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To: Logical me

Romney voted for, Lee voted against.


39 posted on 01/24/2019 12:47:05 PM PST by glock rocks (... so much win!)
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To: GIdget2004

What happened to Midge has the votes?


40 posted on 01/24/2019 12:47:14 PM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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