During a speech on the Senate floor on Friday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump’s border wall “does not have 60 votes here in the Senate, let alone 50 votes.” Schumer said, “As we said to President
Thursday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said it would be “bullshit” if President Donald Trump attempted to blame Democrats for a government shutdown. Discussing the deal to keep the government open until February, Hirono said, “Of course, the Senate
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow Show,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that the continuing resolution passed by the House that contains $5 billion in wall funding will not pass the Senate and placed the odds of a government
During a press conference on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) declared that President Trump’s “temper tantrum” could lead to a government shutdown, but “it will not get him his wall.” Schumer said, “Now, today’s events have made one
During a press conference on Thursday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that President Trump “is doing everything that he can to shut the government down. You have to ask the question, why?” Pelosi said, “The president is doing everything
Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich President Donald Trump is “hardly caving in” if he accepts a one or two-week extension to avoid a government shutdown over Christmas. Gingrich explained while Democrats may be winning
About a fourth of the federal government is barreling toward another partial shutdown at the end of this week with no solution for border wall funding in reach, and leaders of the Republican and Democrat parties at a standstill just days away from the deadline.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that the White House would need Congressional approval to get wall funding from another part of the government, and they will not get that approval.
During Tuesday’s White House Press Briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated that President Trump has asked his Cabinet secretaries to look for funding that can be used to fund a border wall and that the White House
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway stated that she believes there’s “a much better chance” of getting a deal that avoids a government shutdown than not. She also stated that
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) stated that he agrees with President Trump’s request for $5 billion in border wall funding, and that there isn’t any value in shutting
Many House and Senate Democrats voted to fund the same bollard-style fencing constructed by Presidents Bush and Obama that they now oppose under President Trump.
House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) told reporters on Monday that he remains willing to stay past Christmas to get President Donald Trump’s requested $5 billion in border wall funding.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump would shut down the federal government if he doesn’t get funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. When asked about a shutdown,
During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) said Republicans “have the responsibility and the power to keep our government open.” Transcript as Follows: “Hello. I’m Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard of California’s 40th Congressional District, and I serve as the
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Trump undercut his own party’s message on a government shutdown during his meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Brooks said, “Republicans
During a speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated that President Trump has signaled his willingness to hold part of the government “hostage” in the name of “a petty campaign pledge to fire
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) expressed 100% confidence that he has the votes to pass a bill that has $5 billion in border wall funding. Host Martha MacCallum asked, “[A]re you guys
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) stated that he doesn’t want a government shutdown, but he doesn’t believe President Trump’s threat to have a shutdown over border security is a bluff. Kennedy said, “I don’t want to see
Nearly 2-in-3 supporters of President Trump and Republican voters say they support shutting down the federal government in order to secure full funding for a border wall on the United States-Mexico border.
Tuesday, Minority House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters that she asked President Donald Trump to pray for “understanding and wisdom.” Pelosi said, “I thought we would open the meeting with a prayer, which I did.” She continued, “I told
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said after a meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday that Trump’s “temper tantrum” will not give him his proposed border wall.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) confirmed that a deal has been reached to fund the government for two weeks to temporarily avert a government shutdown and vowed that
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) predicted on Monday that Congress will avoid a government shutdown, even though President Donald Trump has threatened to shut it down if Congress does not fund his border wall.
On Monday’s “MSNBC Live,” House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that Democrats don’t like a border wall as a matter of policy, but he isn’t sure if that’s worth shutting down the government. Hoyer also expressed hope that the
House Republican leadership told reporters on Monday that they will likely propose and vote on a two-week spending bill this week, punting a potential government shutdown fight over wall funding to the end of December.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) said that if Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wants a government shutdown over border security, “that’s a failed position.” Scalise said, “Well, Chuck Schumer’s
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says it is “imperative” that “no one” from a caravan of 7,000 to 10,000 Central American migrants be allowed to enter the United States.
President Donald Trump said Thursday morning that a government shutdown is “possible” if Congress fails to fund a southern border wall.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Senate Republican Conference Chairman and incoming Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-SD) stated that he hopes Democrats don’t decide to shut down the government over immigration and funding for border
President Trump is pushing the Republican-controlled Congress to approve only a fifth of the money needed to build his $25 billion border wall, all of which is currently tied to a slew of open borders provisions.
Wednesday on ABC’s “The View,” the panel discussed President Donald Trump threatening a government shutdown over funding for a border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Whoopi Goldberg said, “There’s a December 7 government shutdown looming, and the guy in the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” incoming House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) stated that “House Republicans are with” President Trump in his push to get $5 billion for a border wall. Cheney said, “The
While speaking Tuesday to CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) said he does not see the government shutting down over border wall funding next week. Instead, Lankford said President Donald Trump will get the $5 billion to fund the
“After 40 years of talk, it is finally time for action,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Fix the Border, for once and for all, NOW!”
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
