Democrats are well aware of the damage of a government shutdown.
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As of this morning, critical federal employees including members of the military, Border Patrol agents and air traffic controllers are working without pay.
I don’t think shutdowns benefit anybody, least of all the American people.
This Democrat shutdown is actually delaying progress on the issues that Democrats claim to be interested in.
But what we are talking about--the Democrat leader and his colleagues have the same leverage on November 21. This is a short-term CR. This is what we do all the time around here, as witnessed by the chart you were just using. It is 24…
So the Senator from New York--the way that we have done it was a different business model than the one he used. We actually had the Appropriations Committee sit down, and the date that they come up with, November 21, was agreed upon by the…
I will. I will. And the Ukraine issue you are talking about wasn't a CR. That was an entirely different issue. So don't throw that into this mix.
Hopefully, we’re going to pick up some more and eventually, we’ll get enough to pass this thing and keep the government open.
I am hoping there are enough reasonable Democrats over there.
We’ll probably set up some votes later in the week, but we’ll observe the Jewish holiday.
We are just 14 hours away from a government shutdown. The House has passed a clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution to fund the government until November the 21st. The president is ready to sign it. Senate Democrats are standing in the…
President Trump promised to end the weaponization of government against the American people, and we are making good on that promise
Biden’s TSA Administrator [David] Pekoske and his cronies abused their authority and weaponized the federal government against the very people they were charged with protecting
This decision, in my judgment at this point in time, is up to a handful of Democrats.
Sacred places of worship should never fear violence in America. I am praying for the victims of this heinous attack and their families.
There needs to be oversight, there needs to be accountability, and there needs to be transparency into this decision making process