Tuesday, January 22, 2019

This week: Congress heading in opposite directions on shutdown plans

  1. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGraham angers Dems by digging into Clinton, Obama controversies Senate GOP eyes 'nuclear option' for Trump nominees next week Taiwan’s President Tsai should be invited to address Congress MORE (R-Ky.) immediately announced that he would bring up the president’s plan, tucked into legislation to fully reopen the government, this week, despite saying as recently as last week that only a bill backed by both Trump and congressional Democrats would be given a vote.
  2. Todd YoungTodd Christopher YoungSenate GOP eyes 'nuclear option' for Trump nominees next week GOP senators propose bill to pay 'excepted' workers during shutdown Trump's military moves accelerate GOP search for next McCain MORE (R-Ind.), asked about using the “nuclear option” to change the rules, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday that he thought the chamber could take up the issue after a procedural vote on Trump’s immigration plan, which Democrats are expected to block.
  3. Joe ManchinJoseph (Joe) ManchinSenate rejects government-wide ban on abortion funding Centrist efforts to convince Trump to end shutdown falter Bipartisan group of senators will urge Trump to reopen government for 3 weeks MORE (D-W.Va.), the only one of those Democratic senators who is still in office, threaded a needle with his reaction to Trump’s latest proposal and didn’t specifically say how he would vote.


https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/scheduling/426340-this-week-congress-heading-in-opposite-directions-on-shutdown

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