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catbyte

(34,393 posts) Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:01 AM Dec 2018

Will Senate Repulicans have the guts to override a government shutdown veto?

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Will Senate Repulicans have the guts to override a government shutdown veto? (Original Post) catbyte Dec 2018 OP

If they had any guts, trump would no longer be 'president' spanone Dec 2018 #1

Even the Republican in the House... In It to Win It Dec 2018 #2

I have seen no evidence that they are ready to dump Trump. CrispyQ Dec 2018 #3

spanone

(135,838 posts)

1. If they had any guts, trump would no longer be 'president'

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Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:02 AM

Dec 2018

In It to Win It

(8,252 posts)

2. Even the Republican in the House...

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Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:06 AM

Dec 2018

They have the veto-proof number of votes in both the House and Senate to pass a bill with no wall funding, but agreeable for both sides... yet, they won’t do it.

CrispyQ

(36,470 posts)

3. I have seen no evidence that they are ready to dump Trump.

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Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:54 AM

Dec 2018

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/422411-gop-lawmaker-doubts-government-workers-live-paycheck-to-paycheck

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Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) said a government shutdown would not truly impact employees and scoffed at the idea that a federal worker would need their next paycheck to make ends meet.

"Who’s living that they’re not going to make it to the next paycheck?” he asked Politico reporter Sarah Ferris.

“Why are government employees so sacrosanct? Private sector employees deal with this all the time...The government’s not immune to these things,” he added.

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2017 survey found that 78 percent of full-time workers live paycheck to paycheck, with 56 percent saying they were overwhelmed by debt. There was no differentiation for federal employees.

~more at link

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