{"id":428,"date":"2017-03-13T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T22:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=428"},"modified":"2017-03-13T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T22:53:14","slug":"is-a-government-shutdown-on-the-horizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/428","title":{"rendered":"Is A Government Shutdown On The Horizen?…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you just have to do what is ethically and morally right. So, democrats, bring on the shutdown unless the Trump wrecking ball powers down!<\/p>\n

Bloomberg<\/a> – Senate Democrats warned Republicans Monday that attempts to take funding away from Planned Parenthood or pay for President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall in a stopgap spending bill that must pass by late April would result in a government shutdown.<\/p>\n

The threat from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic leaders sets up a climactic first showdown with the president, particularly with their inclusion of Trump\u2019s signature border wall proposal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Republicans insist on inserting poison pill riders such as defunding Planned Parenthood, building a border wall, or starting a deportation force, they will be shutting down the government and delivering a severe blow to our economy,” Schumer said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Up until now, Trump hasn\u2019t needed Democratic votes to stock his cabinet or advance the repeal of Obamacare, but a spending bill keeping the government open is subject to a 60-vote threshold in the Senate. If Congress doesn\u2019t act, a partial government shutdown would begin on April 29.<\/p>\n

Democrats also warned against including funding for a “deportation force” as the Trump administration emphasizes ramped up arrests and deportations of immigrants in the country illegally.<\/p>\n

A Planned Parenthood funding fight brought Congress to the brink of shutting down the government in March 2011, and immigration has also been a major fight in previous spending bills. {Continue Reading<\/a><\/strong>}<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you just have to do what is ethically and morally right. So, democrats, bring on the shutdown unless the Trump wrecking ball powers down! 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