'Are you ruining my life?': Republican senators in disbelief over Trump shutdown threat
Republican Sen. Susan Collins almost dropped her handbag Thursday as she gestured disbelief at word, delivered to her by reporters in the Capitol, that President Donald Trump would not sign the budget extension to keep government funded until February unless border wall money was added.
"Did he just say that?" she asked as she left a Republican lunch. "Ugh, are you ruining my life?"
Collins was already headed to the airport to return home to Maine and wait for the drama to play out, when word came, via House Speaker Paul Ryan, who had met with Trump, that a government shutdown now seemed more likely.
"Boy, we can't have government shut down. It's never good," she said. "How many times do we have to learn that?"
Collins and other GOP senators were told they would be given 24 hours' notice before a vote was called so they could fly back to DC.
The White House had signaled earlier this week that Trump would sign the bill.
Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, was leaving the Capitol to join Trump at the White House for the signing of the farm bill that Roberts had ushered through the Congress.
"We're down to almost single digits here," Roberts said about the large number of senators from both parties who left town after the Senate passed the stopgap bill late Wednesday night. "This is not a good situation."
Sen. Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican, said he and other senators at the sparsely attended GOP lunch found out Trump wouldn't sign the bill when someone read aloud a tweet with the news. He said that after the tweet, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went to speak to Ryan about it.
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"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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Darn, one of the few adults left in the room:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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So much worse than anyone thought. Disaster.
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The WTFs never end:
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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Your link only take me to the WaPo via Apple News, but not to a specific story.TraditionKU wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:09 pm this is as good a place as any
https://apple.news/AWo7FnvcsT1q3Xaxb6JTkyw
dammit!
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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couldn’t post the direct link for some reasonFeral wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 9:02 pmYour link only take me to the WaPo via Apple News, but not to a specific story.TraditionKU wrote: ↑Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:09 pm this is as good a place as any
https://apple.news/AWo7FnvcsT1q3Xaxb6JTkyw
dammit!
rogue presidency...blah, blah, blah
no biggie
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I'd like to point out, prophylactically, (in case there's any question), that we're posting here during halftime.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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So many exploding heads!
Originally Imzcount (Why do politicians think “hope” is a plan ?)
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
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"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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We should all consider voting for Walter in 2020:
GOP Rep. Walter Jones Suggests Trump Pay for Part of His Wall
‘The president might consider pledging some of his own funds’ If Mexico won’t pay, Jones says
GOP Rep. Walter Jones Suggests Trump Pay for Part of His Wall
‘The president might consider pledging some of his own funds’ If Mexico won’t pay, Jones says
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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Gee Donald, that was a great idea you had to link your administration's success to how the stock market is doing:
US stocks post worst year in a decade as the S&P 500 falls more than 6% in 2018
US stocks post worst year in a decade as the S&P 500 falls more than 6% in 2018
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Frank Wilhoit
Frank Wilhoit
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The Dow Jones Industrial average Nov 2016 election day opened 18,251 and closed today Dec 31,2018 at 23,327 and increase of over twenty seven percent plus. Over 5,000 point increase in just 25 + months, not too shabby!Feral wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:16 pm Gee Donald, that was a great idea you had to link your administration's success to how the stock market is doing:
US stocks post worst year in a decade as the S&P 500 falls more than 6% in 2018
THANKS President Trump
Originally Imzcount (Why do politicians think “hope” is a plan ?)
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
“Avoid the foolish notion of hope. Hope is the surrender of authority to your fate and trusting it to the whims of the wind”.
Taylor Sheridan
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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/01/07/inv ... ember.html
"Major stock indexes had their worst December since the Great Depression, ending a tumultuous 2018 that saw their worst yearly performances since the financial crisis"
"Major stock indexes had their worst December since the Great Depression, ending a tumultuous 2018 that saw their worst yearly performances since the financial crisis"
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Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.