Winners and losers from the government reopening

jwxie518 · 01-22-2018, 10:49 PM

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbyi...nment-shutdown

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WINNERS

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

McConnell is widely perceived to have got the better of his Democratic counterpart, Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

McConnell gave up little by simply pledging to have a vote on DACA. His broader argument — that DACA was not sufficiently important to force a shuttering of the government — also carried the day, at least for now.

McConnell is hardly out of the woods yet — the process of trying to get a DACA deal remains fraught with difficulty and Democrats will accuse him of bad faith if he comes up short.

But the wily McConnell has proven once again that it is hard to outflank him on tactics.

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LOSERS

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Schumer sought to put the best face on the deal to end the shutdown, hitting Trump for not being more engaged in the negotiations and suggesting there had been a solid advance toward protecting DACA beneficiaries.

But the fact remains that the minority leader got remarkably little in return for ending the shutdown.

NotADreamerPerSe · 01-22-2018, 10:51 PM

Schumer is not the one who lost here. WE ARE.

Pepper · 01-22-2018, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by NotADreamerPerSe

Schumer is not the one who lost here. WE ARE.

Yeah that's also in the article

Outsider626 · 01-22-2018, 10:53 PM

Rupiblican speaking right now on CNN just said that he doesn't think that Trump will sign the bill of love or if Ryan will even bring it to floor. Time to look for apartment in Montreal...

Lambo Mercy · 01-22-2018, 11:52 PM

We lost

ddc7 · 01-23-2018, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Lambo Mercy

We lost

Yup. Just started looking up information on immigrating into Canada. If the USA doesn't want us here, might as well look at other options.

MessiD10s · 01-23-2018, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ddc7

Yup. Just started looking up information on immigrating into Canada. If the USA doesn't want us here, might as well look at other options.

I had to make an account after years of lurking and reading comments.

The USA wants us here, most Americans in this country does. Its those small percentage of racist Republicans that don't. Don't let them win, I'm pretty sure something will happen for us. Durbin wouldn't have voted yes if he didn't know something. He's been fighting for us for so many years. Don't lose hope.

tabi · 01-23-2018, 02:11 AM

isnt it a bit early to start going in on who won? who lost? whatever. everyone has to put in the hot take

john_smith · 01-23-2018, 02:20 AM

Maybe he just wanted to galvanized the crowd, and that he did. He tricked us, what a trickster this Trump.

eva02 · 01-23-2018, 03:14 AM

Schumer sellout

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