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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Democrats considering blocking all legislation that doesn't reopen the government
(CNN)Senate Democrats will try to block action on a Syria sanctions bill when it comes up for a vote Tuesday, an effort to keep the focus on the government shutdown.
Democrats also will discuss at their weekly policy lunch Wednesday whether to broaden that blocking tactic to all legislation, according to a senior Democratic aide.
A separate senior Democratic aide said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer "has notified the (Democratic) caucus that he will vote against proceeding to S.1 because Senate Republicans should instead bring to the floor the House-passed bills to reopen the government."
Over the weekend, the two Democratic senators from Maryland -- Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen -- who represent thousands of furloughed federal government workers, first publicly raised the idea of blocking bills on the floor to raise the political stakes on President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is refusing to put any government funding bills on the floor unless Trump supports them.
Democrats also will discuss at their weekly policy lunch Wednesday whether to broaden that blocking tactic to all legislation, according to a senior Democratic aide.
A separate senior Democratic aide said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer "has notified the (Democratic) caucus that he will vote against proceeding to S.1 because Senate Republicans should instead bring to the floor the House-passed bills to reopen the government."
Over the weekend, the two Democratic senators from Maryland -- Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen -- who represent thousands of furloughed federal government workers, first publicly raised the idea of blocking bills on the floor to raise the political stakes on President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is refusing to put any government funding bills on the floor unless Trump supports them.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/politics/senate-democrats-mull-blocking-legislation-shutdown/index.html
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Senate Democrats considering blocking all legislation that doesn't reopen the government (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2019
OP
duforsure
(11,885 posts)1. All Democrats in Congress need to reject
anything they offer until after the government is reopened. period. He'll lie and not do anything he agrees to do. China should realize that also if they think he'll be trusted with their trade talks. They should never trust him on anything he says or claims.
dalton99a
(81,455 posts)2. Trump and McConnell are waging all-out war against America.
It's time to reciprocate
Me.
(35,454 posts)3. Don't Think
Do it
spanone
(135,828 posts)5. mitch would have done it on day 1
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)4. Absolutely. Don't give in because if you do, rump will do it again and again. Let government...
work like it's supposed to.
pecosbob
(7,537 posts)8. I read on another site that Republican Senators want to bring anti-BDS legislation to the floor
while I'm not a proponent of boycotting Israeli-made products myself, I consider these anti-BDS laws proliferating in many states to be about as unAmerican as you you could possibly get.
No business as usual without ending the shutdown...