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McConnell: Shutdown threat over immigration 'has clearly been eliminated'

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McConnell: Shutdown threat over immigration 'has clearly been eliminated'

By Alexander Bolton - 02/01/18 03:32 PM EST
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3...een-eliminated


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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday predicted that Democrats won’t risk another government shutdown after they folded two weeks ago on their demands to add immigration legislation to a stopgap spending bill.

“I don’t think we’ll see a threat [of a] government shutdown again over this subject. One of my favorite old Kentucky country sayings is 'there’s no education in the second kick of a mule,' and so I think there will be a new level of seriousness here trying to resolve these issues,” McConnell told reporters at a Republican retreat at The Greenbrier resort.

He said the threat of a government shutdown to gain leverage in immigration talks “has clearly been eliminated.”

Senate Democrats said much the same after a three-day government shutdown last month.

They hoped to force President Trump and congressional leaders to negotiate on immigration, but the president refused to sit down again with Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) after an initial meeting at the White House.

Instead, they extracted a promise from McConnell to bring a neutral immigration bill to the Senate floor after Feb. 8, something McConnell said he was always open to.

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Republican and Democratic leaders are still negotiating the length of a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond the end of next week, when current funding expires.

He said the length of the funding and other details of the stopgap need to be ironed out, though Republican lawmakers say there’s talk of extending funding to March 22 or 23.

Ryan said Congress has had to fall back on multiple short-term funding measures — well into the 2018 fiscal year — because Democrats have insisted on addressing the plight of illegal immigrants facing deportation along with defense and nondefense spending levels.

“The reason we’re having these [continuing resolutions] is because the Democrats have been holding the cap agreement hostage, the military funding hostage, for an unrelated issue,” Ryan said.

Negotiators are trying to hammer out spending caps for the rest of 2018 as well as fiscal 2019.

Defense Secretary James Mattis on Thursday asked GOP lawmakers at the retreat to allocate $716 billion in defense funding for 2019.

McConnell on Thursday clarified the immigration pledge he made to Senate colleagues after Democrats agreed to reopen the government.

“If the immigration issue was not resolved in the global discussions … then I’m perfectly happy provided the government is still open on Feb. 8 to go to the subject and to treat it in a fair way,” McConnell said of the prospect of a Senate immigration debate. “We’ll see who can get to 60 votes.”

Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune (S.D.) told reporters earlier in the day that it was becoming clear that an immigration deal won’t be reached by Feb. 8.

Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (Texas) and Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) are vetting immigration reform proposals being floated by colleagues, including a group of centrists led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

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Very different to what dems are saying.
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I'm so over this.
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Democrats will not shut down the government twice. So nobody should expect a shutdown.
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I've already accepted that in all likelihood nothing happens. This doesn't make me have mood swings any more.
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I just wonder if the government will be liable for my PTSD and anxiety disorder once this roller coaster is over.
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We are beyond fucking fucked.

Fucking worthless piece of shit democrats, they got played hard as fuck.

FUCK UNITED WE DREAM, F.U.C.K. THEM!!!

RENEW YOUR SHIT NOW IF YOU GOT 1 YEAR OR LESS!!!!
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that's it man..we are fucked up....i lost all the hopes.
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Jesus, I thought I heard more pessimistic people at a Alcoholics Anonymous meet up but this takes the cake. Y'all need to chill; those so call "politicians" like to say things that fall like honey into their supporters ears. On their eyes, everyone on their party is winner. But in the end, I hope, we will see some glimmer of humane action to comfort all Dreamers.
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At the least we will get maybe Bridge Act. Stop freaking out
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