Govt shutdown watch
 

5. Government shutdown watch
Unless Congress passes a funding bill before Friday, the government will shut down.

Here's what we expect this week, based on conversations with senior House and Senate aides:

Congress will likely — at the last minute, of course — pass a short-term funding bill, known as a Continuing Resolution (CR), to keep the government open while they keep negotiating on the big ticket items.

There'll be no immigration deal before the deadline. Democrats and Republicans are far from agreeing on a DACA deal, and the president is still raging after Lindsey Graham, Dick Durbin and others presented him with what he considers a completely unacceptable “bipartisan deal.”

A new group of Republicans and Democrats — top House and Senate members Kevin McCarthy, Steny Hoyer, Dick Durbin and John Cornyn — have started meeting to hash out an immigration deal that works for the president. These discussions are very preliminary, and will continue this week.

Inside the GOP messaging strategy: Democrats don't want to support a government funding bill unless it has a DACA fix. So, Republicans will try to brand Democrats as the shutdown party — saying they're holding the government hostage, including disaster relief payments, essential services, and troop funding — all in the service of “illegal immigration.”

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If democrats are thinking of another CR... lord

Puerto Rico is still without power, states ravaged by hurricanes haven’t received sufficient funding, CHIP, DACA, opioid... when will democrats realize republicans have no interest in addressing these issues... ever

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well get them daca renewals in, we are in this for the long term.

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Democrats are grade A morons. There is no excuse for not resolving the fucking issue now. They know what Trump wants. It's a matter of them hoping that Trump will settle for something less, which will not happen.

Either Congress resolves the issue this week, or we are not getting anything. My two cents.

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Get the renewal and survive till 2020

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If they don't agree to something by this week, that's the best scenario you are looking at bro.

First, it was December. Fail. Then it was January. Looks like a major fail. March? Come on now.

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I have a strong feeling there will be another short term CR until all these issues gets sort out. I think that is better than SHUTDOWN were we will GET ALL BLAME and we don't want public opinion against us. As long as Congress and the White House is talking to resolve we should be on the right path to GC :)

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They already know this and they don't give a fuck.

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its sad... but it could be worse, glad we got a lifeline while they solve this issue for the entire year. lol

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no...............