Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
by hannasanarion on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:28PM
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The house only passed that bill because Trump called Paul Ryan personally and said he would veto the bipartisan budget that was on the table and passed by the Senate. This is no fiction, it is Trump's shutdown
Re:US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages
by leereeves on Friday January 25, 2019 @05:38PM
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Everyone knows Trump's refusing to sign a budget without wall funding, that's no secret.
The part you left out is that the Democrats blocked a bill with wall funding, even before they took over the House. Trump never "had a perfectly good budget on his desk, written by his allies and passed by Republicans".
Both parties put this issue ahead of the continued operation of the government and both are responsible for the shutdown.
The House passed a budget bill that included wall funding.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/20/678602214/senate-approves-tem...
It never reached the President's desk because the Senate failed to pass a compatible budget bill when Democrats refused to include any funding for a wall.
> Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, of New York, pledged to continue the discussions, but said it was clear there are not enough votes to pass a spending measure that includes funding for a wall along the nation’s southern border.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/21/gove...