View the complete December 21 article by Nathan Ouellette on The Roll Call website here.
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Trump retreats on shutdown
In a swift reversal, the White House on Tuesday dropped its demand that a government funding measure include $5 billion for President Trump’s wall on the Mexican border.
Trump’s concession paves the way for lawmakers to reach a compromise and end the Congress without a partial government shutdown. It also raises questions over whether Trump will ever get full funding for his wall now that Democrats are poised to take control of the House in a few weeks.
Republican and Democratic leaders still need to iron out the details of a possible deal, but the biggest wild card in the debate, Trump, appears to have taken a shutdown off the table.
White House Nightmare: Trump Golfs While His Secret Service Agents Work Without Pay
Trump might have to put off his golf vacation if he forces a government shutdown over his border wall. But he loves his golf, so that might mean no shutdown.
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump, clad in a golf shirt and golf hat under a warm South Florida sun, hitting a drive off the tee while Secret Service agents protecting him are forced to work without paychecks, possibly for weeks, because Congress wouldn’t pay for Trump’s “Great Wall.”
Such is the nightmare public relations scenario facing the White House less than a week before the Department of Homeland Security and other key government agencies run out of money at midnight Friday while Trump is scheduled to fly that day to his Mar-a-Lago resort for a 16-day vacation.
The U.S. Secret Service is among the half-dozen agencies in the quarter-million-employee DHS, which also includes the U.S. Coast Guard and the Transportation Security Administration. Other major agencies facing a shutdown include the departments of state, treasury and interior. Many of the affected employees would be deemed essential and be forced to work anyway. None would be paid during the shutdown and would have to get by on savings or short-term loans.
View the complete December 17 article by S.V. Date on the Politico.com website here.
Trump finds himself isolated in shutdown fight
President Trump is finding himself increasingly isolated less than a week ahead of a potential government shutdown, as even members of his own party admit that he has backed himself into a corner with his demands for $5 billion in funding for a wall on the Mexican border.
“Everybody is looking to him for a signal about what he wants to do, and so far it’s not clear,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said of the president.
Few Republicans will criticize Trump on the record, but behind the scenes there is frustration that he has weakened the GOP’s negotiating position with Democrats. There is also a sense that Trump might not be worried about the fallout for his party if his own supporters delight in his fighting with Democrats.
View the complete December 16 article by Niv Elis on The Hill website here.
Americans Oppose Trump Shutdown, Blame Trump & Republicans
A new poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly oppose the Trump Shutdown and will blame Trump and Republicans for it. Republicans control the House, Senate and White House, and their failed leadership is hurting America.
AMERICANS OPPOSE THE TRUMP SHUTDOWN: Americans oppose the Trump Shutdown by an overwhelming margin.
USA Today: “By a double-digit margin, 54 percent to 29 percent, those surveyed in a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll say they oppose the shutdown that President Donald Trump threatened if Congress doesn’t agree to his demand for $5 billion in funding for a border wall.”
TRUMP’S TO BLAME: Americans would blame Trump and Republicans for a shutdown, not Democrats — Trump himself he’d be responsible and that he would not blame Democrats.
USA Today: “By nearly 2-1, Americans would blame Trump and the Republicans, not congressional Democrats. Forty-three percent would blame the president and the GOP, while 24 percent would hold congressional Democrats responsible.” Continue reading “Americans Oppose Trump Shutdown, Blame Trump & Republicans”
White House Doubles Down On Trump Shutdown
On Monday on CBS’s Face The Nation, White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller doubled down on a potential government shutdown.
Miller: “We’re going to do whatever is necessary to build the border wall to stop this ongoing crisis of illegal immigration–”
Question: “And that means a shutdown?”
Miller: “If it comes to it, absolutely.” Continue reading “White House Doubles Down On Trump Shutdown”
Trump shock leaves Republicans anxious over 2019
Republican lawmakers are struggling to coordinate their message with President Trump heading into a divided Congress after he pulled the rug out from them once again by declaring he would be “proud” to shut down the government.
Trump shocked Republicans, who were preparing to blame Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) for a potential partial shutdown, when he said he would take sole responsibility for shuttering federal agencies if Congress doesn’t meet his demand for $5 billion in wall funding.
The televised performance left GOP senators perplexed — and worried about what’s in store for them over the next two years — as they try to work with Trump and against resurgent House Democrats led by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who’s poised to be the next Speaker.
View the complete December 13 article by Alexander Bolton on The Hill website here.
Trump Would Be ‘Proud To Shutdown The Government’
Donald Trump is responsible for a government shutdown. Trump said yesterday he would be “proud to shut down the government.”
The Trump Shutdown could hurt the economy, and would force hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or be furloughed right before the holidays.
Here’s some of what Trump would be “proud” of:
Continue reading “Trump Would Be ‘Proud To Shutdown The Government’”
Trump misfires with claim that military would ‘shut down’ during government shutdown
The following article by Salvador Rizzo was posted on the Washington Post website January 19, 2018:
The president says the military could be shut down if the government isn’t funded, but all active-duty personnel would stay on the job. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
“A government shutdown will be devastating to our military . . . something the Dems care very little about!”
— President Trump, in a tweet, Jan. 18
“If for any reason it shuts down, the worst thing is what happens to our military. We’re rebuilding our military. We’re making it — we’re bringing it to a level that it’s never been at. And the worst thing is for our military.”
— Trump, remarks to reporters at the Pentagon, Jan. 18 Continue reading “Trump misfires with claim that military would ‘shut down’ during government shutdown”