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January 23, 2019 at 7:07 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Playbook: On Thursday, the Senate will vote on two different bills: President Trumps plan, to reopen government alongside a short-term DACA patch and other immigration changes, and a clean funding bill that would reopen government through Feb. 8.
Both of these bills are likely to fail. Neither is expected to reach 60 votes. What this does do is it gives senators a chance to vote on government funding something Majority Leader Mitch McConnells Senate has not done in a few weeks.
There will be Republicans who vote for the clean stopgap bill but, as of now, not enough to reopen the government. Ending this standoff doesnt appear to be the purpose of this exercise at this point. This is a pressure-valve release, of sorts. This shows the president that neither option is workable, at the moment, and some dynamic has to change if government is going to reopen.
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https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/23/both-senate-bills-to-end-shutdown-likely-to-fail/
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)to care about their fellow Americans and vote on the bill that would also get the House approval. Will enough GOPers care? We shall see.
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)sorry to say.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,438 posts)Trump/McConnell have to go.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)And oversee the contracting. With Trump, its not about the wall. Its always about money for him. The contracts are rigged.