Dec 28, 2018 – — Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) December 28, 2018 Highlighting the disingenuousness of politics, Schumer previously contended … Years before, however, Schumer, Pelosi, and Barack Obama –as well as Joe Biden — all backed 2006’s Fence Act (here). … The President has said he’s settled in for “a very long shutdown” (here).…

Dec 27, 2018 – While Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and soon to be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gloat about the tremendous power they hold … Schumer and Pelosi refer to the partial government shutdown as “Trump’s shutdown,” even though the President has signaled his willingness … Pelosi has, so far, stood with Schumer.…

Feb 8, 2024 – It could conceivably have worked four years ago when the federal government worked hand in glove with Facebook and Twitter to shutdown … throughout Biden's maladministration will turn the spotlight on the problem and pretend it only came into being since the McConnell-Schumer…

Jan 18, 2024 – Senate passed a stop-gap two-step spending bill on Thursday, in hopes of averting a government shutdown: The Senate on Thursday passed … two-step stopgap to keep the government funded into March, as lawmakers try to quickly tie up their funding work ahead of a looming shutdown … Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) seemed optimistic that the Democrats and their Republican colleagues can "continue seeing…

Jan 14, 2024 – Congressional leaders have reached a deal to avert a government shutdown next week, landing on a two-step stopgap bill that will keep … The agreement comes ahead of Friday’s shutdown deadline, and a second deadline on Feb. 2. … The proposal —  which the House and Senate must approve by Friday night to avoid a partial shutdown — will give the House and Senate…

Dec 30, 2020 – Let's get moving Pelosi/Schumer. pic.twitter.com/XM4pi7UL0j — David A. Clarke, Jr. … Smith has become a folk hero because he has defied Murphy’s shutdown orders, literally kicking in the door that had been padlocked…

Dec 2, 2021 – Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer have reached a deal to fund the government through February. … Schumer took to the Senate floor today to announce the agreement. … Doing so has left him no leverage, and why even fear a shutdown?…

Nov 29, 2021 – Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has a lot on his plate. … The Senate has to vote on funding the government in order to avoid a shutdown. … So, if Schumer appears on his heels, he probably is.…

Oct 24, 2023 – The Senate loves reconciliations and currently a Democrat from New York, Chuck Schumer, is the Senate Majority Leader. … So you can have a government shutdown, and I'm not one of these people who is going to fret that federal employees are not going to…

Oct 31, 2023 – I'm not even opposed to a government shutdown because I think the vast majority of the things that the federal government does are … As long as the Senate is controlled by Chuck Schumer, bills are going to be jammed together as continuing resolutions so Democrats … what to sign, and the mainstream media in this country is going to do the dirty work and blame the Republicans for the government shutdown…

May 5, 2023 – That meeting – which will also include Democrats Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, as well as Republican Mitch McConnell – will be … House Republicans are STILL waiting on Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer to come to the table and negotiate the debt ceiling. … the Democrats are hoping against a repeat of that negotiation, which led to (among other things) sequestration and a government shutdown…

Jun 13, 2023 – been nearly four months since President Joe Biden nominated Julie Su to become labor secretary, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer … However, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer still has not bothered to bring the nomination to the floor. … I asked her what a port shutdown would do to the economy. Here’s what she had to say: pic.twitter.com/2cqyadkwnN — Rep.…

Jul 17, 2023 – Manchin is one of the last serving moderate Democrats, but he has made some pretty bad miscalculations lately — like trusting Chuck Schumer … large swaths of the American electorate — like pornography in schools, overt racism, the sexual mutilation of children, and the shutdown…

Dec 9, 2016 – Senate Democrats are threatening to force a brief government shutdown this weekend to pressure Republicans to support policies they … Schumer (D-N.Y.) told reporters the issue could unite Democrats and Trump. … “I hope our new president-elect, who talked and got to know the miners, will speak out,” Schumer said.…

Jan 5, 2017 – But doing so would force a showdown with Senate Democrats and potentially threaten a government shutdown. … In 2006, Senators Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and Barack Obama all agreed with and voted for the bill, so Republicans feel that…

Jan 12, 2016 – Cruz, who has spent most of his Senate tenure staging filibusters, shutdown fights and other episodes of brinksmanship, has proven … variety of reasons, not least that Rubio delegated too much of the drafting of a massive bill to untrustworthy Democrats like Chuck Schumer … corrdior bailout presents a real contrast in styles with Cruz, who has fought furiously (even to the point of pushing a government shutdown…

Nov 1, 2023 – bipartisan support to become law — as will bills to support Ukraine and Taiwan, shore up border security and avert a government shutdown … aid as a standalone bill, rather than tying it to Ukraine and Taiwan aid and border security funding.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…

Dec 30, 2013 – ” (11) UNDERSTAND THAT STRATEGIES LIKE THE SHUTDOWN NEED TO BE MICROMANAGED. … (14) DON’T OVERREAD THE “LESSONS” OF THE SHUTDOWN. … Barack Obama, on the other hand, came out of the shutdown with Americans realizing, for the first time, that he was not a nice person…

Feb 17, 2011 – They are deploying the possibility of a government shutdown if the Senate can’t agree on a bill and Senate Dems are trying to pin the … shutdown on the Republicans with 2 weeks before the Senate debate has commenced.  … Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).…

Feb 25, 2011 – The Democrats, not the Republicans, are desperate for a government shutdown. Barack Obama needs a government shutdown. … The GOP will give the White House whatever it wants just so the GOP can avoid being blamed for a shutdown. … What the media fails to see is that some of us do want a shutdown — hell, I want a shutdown — but Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan, etc. will…

Feb 21, 2011 – Only in Washington can politicians get away with complaining about a government shutdown, while going on vacation for a whole week … Senate Democrats took to the air on Sunday to warn the American people about a government shutdown on March 4th.  … these same Senators to come back to the Capitol to debate and negotiate the House passed spending measure this week to avoid a shutdown…

Mar 16, 2011 – Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, and Chuck Schumer are not, and the short-term strategy is letting them get away with it. … He states that Democrats are more afraid of a shutdown than Republicans. That is simply not true. … However, Senators Durbin and Schumer are all but rooting for a shutdown, while Congressional Republicans are petrified of that prospect…

Dec 18, 2019 – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the … -Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. … Schumer and other party leaders will scramble for new information to throw at the president, and at Republicans, until it is over.…

Dec 17, 2019 – Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the … -Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday. (AP Photo/J. … Ironically, Schumer voted to do so, making his recent rantings about the narrowness of the process incredibly hypocritical.…

Sep 5, 2024 – with no more than two dots.Perfect example: Proof of citizenship to vote.Even more perfect: Weaselly Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer … a requirement of proof of citizenship to register to vote, which is bipartisan.During an interview with ABC News on Wednesday, Schumer … Schumer told ABC that a stop-gap spending bill including rules requiring proof of citizenship would meet the same fate.It certainly…