President Donald Trump predicted on Friday there will be a "Very long" government shutdown if the Democrats do not vote to fund the border wall.
Trump tweeted, "The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time. People don't want Open Borders and Crime!".
The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time.
"The Leader has said for years that the votes are not there in the Conference to use the nuclear option. Just this morning, several Senators put out statements confirming their opposition, and confirming that there is not a majority in the conference to go down that road," McConnell's spokesman, David Popp, said in a statement, according to NBC News.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi both claimed last week during a high profile meeting with Trump in the Oval Office and multiple times since that Trump did not have the votes in the House to secure border wall funding.
The legislation passed by a comfortable margin - 217 to 185 - putting the ball back in Schumer and the Democrats' court to vote for or against border security, rather than sending legislation to Trump that did not include funding.
"They flew back to Washington from all parts of the World in order to vote for Border Security and the Wall. Not one Democrat voted yes, and we won big. I am very proud of you!".
Trump tweeted, "The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time. People don't want Open Borders and Crime!".
The Democrats, whose votes we need in the Senate, will probably vote against Border Security and the Wall even though they know it is DESPERATELY NEEDED. If the Dems vote no, there will be a shutdown that will last for a very long time.
"The Leader has said for years that the votes are not there in the Conference to use the nuclear option. Just this morning, several Senators put out statements confirming their opposition, and confirming that there is not a majority in the conference to go down that road," McConnell's spokesman, David Popp, said in a statement, according to NBC News.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi both claimed last week during a high profile meeting with Trump in the Oval Office and multiple times since that Trump did not have the votes in the House to secure border wall funding.
The legislation passed by a comfortable margin - 217 to 185 - putting the ball back in Schumer and the Democrats' court to vote for or against border security, rather than sending legislation to Trump that did not include funding.
"They flew back to Washington from all parts of the World in order to vote for Border Security and the Wall. Not one Democrat voted yes, and we won big. I am very proud of you!".
https://www.westernjournal.com/trump-warns-long-government-shutdown-urges-nuclear-option/
McConnell rejects using nuclear option on wall
Senate Majority Leader 's spokesman says the Senate does not have enough votes to change its rules and pass border wall funding with a simple majority."The Leader has said for years that the votes are not there in the Conference to use the nuclear option. Just this morning, several Senators put out statements confirming their opposition, and confirming that there is not a majority in the conference to go down that road," said David Popp, McConnell's communications director.
Popp issued his statement after several Republican senators voiced opposition to holding a procedural vote known as the "Nuclear option" to change the Senate's rules and make it easier to pass a funding bill that includes $5.7 billion to build a border wall.
ADVERTISEMENT. Trump urged McConnell Friday morning to pull out all the stops to fund the wall.
"Mitch, use the Nuclear Option and get it done! Our Country is counting on you!" he tweeted.
Sen., who is up for reelection in 2020 in a state that Trump won by 20 points, has urged colleagues to invoke the nuclear option to lower the vote threshold vote stopping a filibuster.
Immediately announced Friday morning that they would not vote for the nuclear option.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/422471-mcconnell-rejects-using-nuclear-option-on-wall
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