The House passed a $850 billion spending bill that would fund the government until December 7, preventing President Donald Trump from potentially shutting down the government to force Congress to partially fund his promised border wall.
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News exclusively on Tuesday that President Donald Trump clearly stated he will never sign a “last-minute, massive omnibus spending bill again” and charged that the U.S. needs to build his proposed border wall.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd said he would “absolutely 100%” support a government shutdown over border security. Co-host Bill Hemmer asked, “[D]o you think a shutdown’s a good
On Wednesday’s “Rush Limbaugh Show,” President Trump stated that a government shutdown over immigration would be “a great political thing.” And left open the possibility that a shutdown could happen after the election. Trump said, “I say, hey, if you
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “After the Bell,” Republican Conference Committee Chair Senator John Thune (R-SD) stated that shutting the government down is not the best way to get funding for a border wall and the best
During a press conference on Monday, President Trump stated that he would be “willing” to shut the government down in order to get “proper border security.” He also said he doesn’t have a “red line,” and he always leaves room
President Donald Trump again signaled his support for the wall Monday, after threatening to shut down the government if Congress failed to deliver construction funding.
While speaking with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria in an interview that aired Friday, former White House chief strategist and former Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon predicted that the government will shut down in the lead-up to the 2018 elections over
The omnibus spending bill is drawing the ire of national pro-life leaders and members of Congress who say many Republicans have broken their promises to the base of the party by funding Planned Parenthood and rejecting an amendment that would provide conscience protections for healthcare workers who refuse to participate in abortions.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government stumbled into a midnight shutdown Thursday as a rogue Senate Republican blocked a speedy vote on a massive, bipartisan, budget-busting spending deal, protesting the return of trillion-dollar deficits on the watch of Republicans controlling Washington.
During a speech on the Senate floor on Thursday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated people should have to answer why they were against running deficits under President Obama but support deficits under Republican presidents. Rand said, “I want people to
During a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that unless there is a commitment from House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) to vote on legislation to protect DREAMers, the spending bill “does not
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) says the Democrats are less likely to attempt to shut down the federal government this month in order to demand amnesty for illegal aliens “given how badly they misjudged” the lack of support for such an effort last month.
Jackie called out Carrey, who recently suggested Trump was pushing America into “suffering beyond imagination,” and Penn, who recently called Trump an “enemy of mankind.”
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that there are “signs that our economy is booming. Unfortunately, about 90 to 95 percent of that benefit is going to about 5 or 10 percent of the country.” Transcript
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Representative Tim Ryan (D-OH) stated that the government shutdown “definitely” hurt Democrats from a negotiating standpoint. Ryan said, “I think it definitely hurt us. There’s no question about it. I think we went
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that the Democrats in the Senate “came to the view that” if the government shutdown continued, the country would lose support for the shutdown and
Congressional Democrats on Monday, the third day of the government shutdown, completely caved to the Republicans—getting absolutely nothing policy-wise for their efforts.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders shot back during Monday’s press briefing at questions about what the White House has to say to “DREAMers,” telling reporters that the group should storm Capitol Hill, because that’s where Democrats shut down DACA deal negotiations.
The mainstream media is floored that Senate Democrats have caved to President Trump after they shut down the federal government because the spending bill to fund the government did not include amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf,” White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah argued that Senate Democrats “blinked” in the government shutdown battle. Anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Shah, “Do you believe the Senate Democrats blinked?” Shah responded, “I think the
During a speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a deal has been reached where Democrats will vote to reopen the government with a commitment that if an agreement has not been reached
Stocks rose in Asia and Europe on Monday. In the U.S., broad stock indexes rose while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat.
Despite receiving billions of dollars in government funding, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is unable to perform a rocket test fire due to lack of government assistance since the recent shutdown.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), a rising star in the Democratic Party, has insisted that any deal to end the ongoing government shutdown should include protective measures for so-called “Dreamers.”
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke to Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM and praised his department’s efforts to keep America’s public lands open during the “government shutdown.”
President Donald Trump continued to challenge Democrats for shutting down the government over amnesty demands for illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children.
The Pentagon said Sunday that troops serving overseas can now watch two channels during the shutdown — a news channel and a sports channel.
Former “Never Trump” Koch brothers executive turned White House staffer, Marc Short, told NBC’s Meet the Press that President Trump would be “willing to expand” an amnesty.
The White House changed its voicemail message to blame congressional Democrats for failing to pass a budget over partisan squabbles on immigration.
The U.S. military will not conduct a jet flyover above the AFC Championship Game between the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday because Democrats voted to shut down the government, the Boston Globe reports. “A striking casualty of
President Donald Trump praised Republicans for fighting to keep the government open but suggested that they end the Senate rule requiring 60 votes to pass a budget.
“We’re not going to be held hostage and let our troops be held hostage over this,” said Marc Short, the White House director of Legislative Affairs. “When they reopen the government, we’ll continue discussions.”
Corey Lewandowski slammed Sen. Chuck Schumer for shutting down the government, arguing that he put illegal aliens ahead of U.S. military.
The government shutdown forced U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to temporarily suspend parts of the operation of its E-Verify employment eligibility verification program.
