01-19-2018, 11:49 PM
At least 4 Republicans have voted 'no' on the Republican CR proposal so far.
The Republican leaders did, however, manage to get at least 5 congressional Dems to vote for a CR to keep the government running.
So, though it's another cute exercise in branding, it's gonna be very hard for Republicans to convince unbiased Americans that this is a "Schumer Shutdown".
Now we see if the Congress is willing to get together again quickly to consider another CR proposal (basically an extension to the government funding/spending deadline) in order to halt the shutdown, or we instead face a longer term government shutdown.
This is bad for Trump and McConnell. Trump said government shutdowns are the fault of the President back in 2013. I have a feeling he'll flip-flop on that proclamation now that he's the President residing over a shutdown where his party majority-rules both branches of congress.
The Republican leaders did, however, manage to get at least 5 congressional Dems to vote for a CR to keep the government running.
So, though it's another cute exercise in branding, it's gonna be very hard for Republicans to convince unbiased Americans that this is a "Schumer Shutdown".
Now we see if the Congress is willing to get together again quickly to consider another CR proposal (basically an extension to the government funding/spending deadline) in order to halt the shutdown, or we instead face a longer term government shutdown.
This is bad for Trump and McConnell. Trump said government shutdowns are the fault of the President back in 2013. I have a feeling he'll flip-flop on that proclamation now that he's the President residing over a shutdown where his party majority-rules both branches of congress.