Sen. Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell castigated Democrats from the Senate floor saying Democrats
forced a "completely avoidable" shutdown. "What we have just
witnessed on the floor was a cynical decision by Senate Democrats to shove
aside millions of Americans for the sake of irresponsible political games."
“This is completely
unfair and uncompassionate for my Democratic colleagues to filibuster
government funding, harm our troops and jeopardize health coverage for
9 million children (CHIP) because extreme elements of their base want illegal immigration
to crowd out every other priority,” McConnell said.
Only five
Democrats voted to advance the bill: West
Virginia’s Joe Manchin, Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota,
Missouri’s Claire McCaskill and newly elected Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama.
Republicans who broke
ranks by voting against the Continuing Resolution to keep the government open
were Rand Paul of Kentucky, Little Miss Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Utah’s
Mike Lee and Jeff “Nutcake” Flake of Arizona.
John McCain was absent while battling brain cancer.
Blame properly assigned pic.twitter.com/1EpVTNd0VG— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) January 20, 2018
When even the "Old Gray Lady" is calling out Senate Dems for shutting down the government, you know the #SchumerShutdown is a total disaster. https://t.co/vY7Yae4N7M— Josh Kivett (@JoshKivett) January 20, 2018
We got a government shutdown and progressives cancelling their New York Times subscriptions on the same day.https://t.co/j5OW8yBfG5— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 20, 2018
CNN’s Martin Savage
conducted a roundtable interview with five Democrats from Youngstown, Ohio. Each
of them crossed party lines to vote for President Trump in 2016.
Savage’s questions focused on the voters’ opinions of his first year in office. The responses from the diverse group of voters left the interviewer’s jaw on the floor and serves as further evidence a majority of Americans do not agree with shuttering the government over the DACA program.
Savage’s questions focused on the voters’ opinions of his first year in office. The responses from the diverse group of voters left the interviewer’s jaw on the floor and serves as further evidence a majority of Americans do not agree with shuttering the government over the DACA program.
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