Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Who is going to blink?

quote [ There’s never been a government shutdown when one party controls the White House and both chambers of Congress. That may change in two days. ]

It looks like loggerheads but that assumes the Democrats have a spine and that the President won't change his mind.
[SFW] [politics] [+2 Interesting]
[by bbqkink@8:04pmGMT]

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bbqkink said[1] @ 8:54pm GMT on 17th Jan [Score:1 Good]
The Blue Wave seems to be holding...

Democrats Score Special Election Upset In Wisconsin GOP Stronghold

Schachtner, the chief medical examiner for St. Croix County, won by 11 percentage points.
In 2016, Harsdorf won re-election by 26 percentage points, and Trump beat Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by 17 points. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the district in 2012

Almost a 40 point turn around WOW!
bbqkink said[1] @ 10:58pm GMT on 17th Jan
HoZay said @ 3:14am GMT on 18th Jan
He'll be fine.
bbqkink said[2] @ 4:10pm GMT on 18th Jan
When Tillerson said it Trump challenged him to a IQ contest and he never got his seat at the big kids table back.
bbqkink said[1] @ 1:54am GMT on 19th Jan
Link Text Description Goes Here">Right now there’s no clear path to keeping the government open

By midnight on January 19, one of the following three things will happen:

Scenario 1: The government shuts down. Unless something changes, this is where Congress is headed. This would mean a lot of “nonessential” government activities would cease — from federally funded research to operations of national parks — come Saturday January 20.

Scenario 2: The government stays open, without a deal on immigration. In this scenario, Congress passes some kind of spending bill and keeps the government open for now. This would mean some Democrats in the Senate were willing to vote to keep the government open without a deal on their top immigration priorities, a major concession on Democrats’ part. The emerging short-short-term spending bill Moran proposed Thursday has gained some support. Several lawmakers, like Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), have suggested similar solutions.

Scenario 3: The government stays open, with some kind of deal on immigration. This scenario would be a major legislative feat at this point. Immigration talks have more or less collapsed. It’s highly unlikely Congress will have an actual immigration bill by Friday, but a spending agreement, and a deal on immigration that has the votes in Congress as well as the White House’s approval, would likely allow both parties to come out of this looking like they have some wins.
rhesusmonkey said @ 7:06am GMT on 19th Jan
so if they are trying to tie CHIP to DACA, why wouldn't the Dems agree to a short-term spending + 6 year CHIP now with a punt on DACA until the short-term wears out? it's not like there is a surplus of ICE agents waiting to pounce on all the registered DACA kids Jan20th anyhow. Just agree to disagree, leave the DACA problem until later and get what you want now done. otherwise Dems get painted as "opposed to CHIP" if there is a shutdown.

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