Political Quotes

“on another subject, we are 5 days away from a lapse in appropriations, and President Trump still doesn't have a plan to keep the government open. In fact, the only indication he has given is that he wants a government shutdown. At the moment, the situation should be clear to everyone: President Trump does not have the votes for his wall. He certainly doesn't have the votes in the Senate, and it doesn't seem he has the votes even in the House, where he needs only Republican votes. Tellingly, the House is on recess until Wednesday night--just 2 days before the Trump shutdown would start. It is because the House leadership has no idea what to do, where the votes are, or where the people are. Many of them don't want to come back. Everyone knows the situation. Even with a Republican Congress, no threat or temper tantrum will get the President his wall. On the other hand, Democrats are all together. We have given a proposal to President Trump. We have given two alternatives to President Trump that could easily pass both the House and the Senate. We could pass the six bipartisan appropriations bills and a 1-year CR on homeland security, or we could pass a 1-year CR for all of the remaining Agencies. President Trump should support one of these options and spare innocent, hard-working Americans the pain of an unnecessary Trump shutdown. His temper tantrum will get him a shutdown but will not get him a wall. It is futile.…”