Republicans Plan to Delay Vote on Spending Bill

bigdreamer2010 · 06:42 PM

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/republi...ill-1513736474

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WASHINGTON—House Republicans were expected to delay a Wednesday vote on a stopgap spending bill, according to GOP aides, as a fight intensified over how to prevent a shutdown of the government before its funding expires at week’s end.

Both Republicans and Democrats were divided over their strategy and facing intense pressure from their parties’ most loyal voters heading into a 72-hour period ahead of the 12:01 a.m. Saturday deadline.

The House had been expected to make the first move Wednesday and vote on a spending bill that funds the military through next September but keeps the rest of the government running only through Jan. 19.

But GOP aides said Tuesday evening that they no longer expected Republican leaders to bring up that bill Wednesday, as it became evident there weren’t enough votes to pass it.

As the deadline drew closer, it appeared likely that many of the thorniest issues, including the fate of young, undocumented immigrants, would be pushed into January.

Conservatives said they were still deciding whether to support the stopgap spending bill after becoming alarmed when GOP leaders attached a package of $81 billion in disaster relief to it without trimming the budget elsewhere.

Many House Republicans were also uneasy over what final shape the spending bill would take, since their measure had been expected to fail in the Senate. Senate Republicans have indicated they intend to send back to the House a very different bill that includes health-care provisions that conservatives view as a bailout for insurance companies.

Some House Republicans said the possibility of the health-care measures being tacked onto the spending bill, in addition to the cost of the disaster aid, was a letdown after their jubilation over passing a sweeping tax overhaul Tuesday, which will need a repeat vote on Wednesday due to Senate procedural rules.

“It’s kind of like leaving a hospital, just finding out you’re cancer-free, and getting run over by a Mack truck,” said Rep. Mark Walker (R., N.C.), chairman of the Republican Study Committee, a group of about 150 conservative House Republicans.

The contours of the Senate measures were far from clear Tuesday. Spending bills need 60 votes to clear procedural hurdles in the Senate, where Republicans hold only 52 seats, so it will need Democratic support to pass.

Congressional leaders haven’t reached an agreement on how to handle Dreamers, young immigrants living illegally in the U.S. who were brought here at a young age. Democrats have been under intense pressure to use the must-pass spending bill to force action to protect them before the year is out, but that scenario looked increasingly unlikely Tuesday.

President Donald Trump in September ended an Obama-era program shielding them from deportation, but gave Congress until March to pass legislation to settle their fate. GOP leaders have said they don’t want to address immigration on this year’s spending bill.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) said in an interview Tuesday that he expected the House would pass legislation in January shielding the Dreamers from deportation, combined with “controlled borders” and interior enforcement measures.

A bipartisan group of senators met with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on Tuesday about the parameters of an immigration deal, aides said.

Democrats say they are fine with most border-security measures but proposals for interior enforcement draw opposition because they target people already living in the U.S.

“January is probably the timeline,” Mr. Ryan said. “We’re having bipartisan conversations but not to the extent that we’re ready to write a bill right now, but I think we want to get it done pretty soon.”

Some Senate Democrats say they would vote against any spending bill that doesn’t address the fate of Dreamers, but Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) hasn’t drawn that line.

“I’m hopeful that we won’t get to that,” Mr. Schumer told reporters Tuesday.

Democrats will face a backlash from the party’s left wing, already irate over the tax bill, if they leave Washington this year without having secured protections for Dreamers. The most liberal Democrats, and those who have focused on immigration, are expected to vote against the spending bill.

“I’m not going to be supporting any spending bill that does not include DACA,” said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, who has been pushing for passage of legislation giving the Dreamers legal protections for years.

Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told immigration advocates Tuesday that their plan is to push the Dreamer issue to January, believing they will have more leverage then, according to two people in the meeting.

GOP leaders only need a handful of Democratic votes to prevent a government shutdown.

Democratic leaders have indicated that if they have to wait until January to resolve the immigration debate, they want to wait on other high-profile issues as well. “We should be doing all of these things together instead of in a piecemeal, week-by-week fashion,” Mr. Schumer said on the Senate floor. “Not Republicans decide on their own and tell us, we should just be for it. So the best and only way to get a good, bipartisan result—which, by Senate rules, is a necessity for spending bills, is for us to work together.”

eva02 · 12-20-2017, 06:41 PM

[b]Mr. Schumer, Mr. Durbin and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told immigration advocates Tuesday that their plan is to push the Dreamer issue to January, believing they will have more leverage then, according to two people in the meeting.

GOP leaders only need a handful of Democratic votes to prevent a government shutdown.

Democratic leaders have indicated that if they have to wait until January to resolve the immigration debate, they want to wait on other high-profile issues as well. “We should be doing all of these things together instead of in a piecemeal, week-by-week fashion,” Mr. Schumer said on the Senate floor. “Not Republicans decide on their own and tell us, we should just be for it. So the best and only way to get a good, bipartisan result—which, by Senate rules, is a necessity for spending bills, is for us to work together.”[\b]

libertarian1776 · 06:45 PM

there is still 48 hours this week. im still hopeful. if we don't get nothing by the CR in January then its looking bleak.

they arent gonna agree on anything even if McConell said he will put it up for a vote.

its time for the Dreamers to end.

sometimes, life just doesnt work out. i know ya'll be okay at the end of the day.

you Dreamers are more valuable than you know.

eva02 · 12-20-2017, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by libertarian1776

there is still 48 hours this week. im still hopeful. if we don't get nothing by the CR in January then its looking bleak.

they arent gonna agree on anything even if McConell said he will put it up for a vote.

its time for the Dreamers to end.

sometimes, life just doesnt work out. i know ya'll be okay at the end of the day.

you Dreamers are more valuable than you know.

Don’t give up!!! We will be okay!!!

Erik1421 · 12-20-2017, 06:52 PM

lol. I'll just become a corporation. I'll pay less taxes that way.

pavpatel · 12-20-2017, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by libertarian1776

there is still 48 hours this week. im still hopeful. if we don't get nothing by the CR in January then its looking bleak.

they arent gonna agree on anything even if McConell said he will put it up for a vote.

its time for the Dreamers to end.

sometimes, life just doesnt work out. i know ya'll be okay at the end of the day.

you Dreamers are more valuable than you know.

wtf, why are you being negative now?

libertarian1776 · 12-20-2017, 07:10 PM

there will be relief but im just bummed it can possibly a 3 yr extension.

to me its not worth it tbh, unless they take out travel restrictions.

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Originally Posted by pavpatel

wtf, why are you being negative now?

Michcio07 · 12-20-2017, 07:12 PM

3 year relief is really nothing just status quo for next 3 years GTFo just fucking kick me out now rather than in 3 years though....

eva02 · 12-20-2017, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by libertarian1776

there will be relief but im just bummed it can possibly a 3 yr extension.

to me its not worth it tbh, unless they take out travel restrictions.

A 3 year extension will be followed by permanent relief or another 3 year extension. Look at us, we are less than a million and have National spotlight. There are many people on our side!!! We have come a long way and we will outlive this nationalist discourse. 3 years will take us to a new president and a new congress.
Kamala Harris 2020!!! Don’t give up!!

Smooth · 12-20-2017, 07:16 PM

This positive rhetoric from the GOP is appreciated. But, I just cannot trust either party. Democrats clearly have the motherfucking leverage to pass something this December. No new bill needs to be written because there are already all these fucking proposals, so Ryan is full of shit.

If Dems back down because of idiot Schumer, this makes them look spineless as fuck. Dems dont need more leverage. They have enough leverage to get shit done this week.

If the issue does get addressed in Jan, I hope something passes. Dems I insist are being spineless. Pass that shit now.

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