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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts) Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:05 PM Jan 2019

House Votes to End Shutdown Amid Trump Veto Threat Over Wall

Source: Bloomberg

The new House Democratic majority voted Thursday to end the partial government shutdown but brought Congress no closer to resolving the impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand to pay for a border wall.

The president and Senate Republicans oppose the Democrats’ plan, and the next effort to reopen the closed agencies will come when leaders of both parties meet with Trump at the White House Friday morning.

Republican Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a close confidant of Trump and chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, predicted that the shutdown would last for months.

“The impasse is real and it is deep,” Meadows said in an interview.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-04/house-votes-to-end-shutdown-amid-trump-veto-threat-over-wall

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House Votes to End Shutdown Amid Trump Veto Threat Over Wall (Original Post) Julian Englis Jan 2019 OP

beat me by seconds... sfwriter Jan 2019 #1

CNN here: sfwriter Jan 2019 #2

Cory Gardner..... paleotn Jan 2019 #3

Not only that, watoos Jan 2019 #4

Pelosi: "If you don't stop your trumpertantrum we're going to turn this country around and go home." truthisfreedom Jan 2019 #5

Smart GOPers knew ScratchCat Jan 2019 #6

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)

1. beat me by seconds...

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:07 PM

Jan 2019

I was watching.

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)

2. CNN here:

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:09 PM

Jan 2019

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/house-votes-shutdown-wall-spending-bills/index.html

paleotn

(17,911 posts)

3. Cory Gardner.....

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:15 PM

Jan 2019

and Esmerelda seem to be breaking ranks in the Senate. The Rethugs position becomes less tenable with every passing hour.

watoos

(7,142 posts)

4. Not only that,

Reply to paleotn (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:29 AM

Jan 2019

5 House Republicans voted with the Democrats on the 1st Bill and 7 voted with them on the 2nd bill.

Every Democrat voted aye.

truthisfreedom

(23,141 posts)

5. Pelosi: "If you don't stop your trumpertantrum we're going to turn this country around and go home."

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Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:35 AM

Jan 2019

ScratchCat

(1,980 posts)

6. Smart GOPers knew

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Fri Jan 4, 2019, 09:33 AM

Jan 2019

That as soon as the House passed the same bill the Senate had passed last week, any defense of keeping the government shut down over Trump's demands was no longer tenable.

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