House approves bill to reopen the government, sends measure to Trump for his signature

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Washington Post

Congress sent legislation to President Trump on Friday to temporarily reopen the government, ending the longest shutdown in history while handing Democrats a major political victory in the protracted standoff.

The House unanimously approved the bill hours after the Senate backed the measure by voice vote. Trump was expected to sign the bill into law.

The pact, announced by Trump from the Rose Garden at the White House, would reopen shuttered government departments for three weeks while leaving the issue of $5.7 billion for a U.S.-Mexico border wall to further talks. Trump said that a congressional conference committee would spend the next three weeks working in a bipartisan fashion to come up with a border security package.

If a “fair deal” does not emerge by Feb. 15, Trump said, there could be another government shutdown or he could declare a national emergency, a move that could allow him to direct the military to build the wall without congressional consent. Such an action would likely face an immediate legal challenge.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-leaders-continue-to-seek-a-deal-to-end-shutdown-that-will-satisfy-trump/2019/01/25/09c898dc-20ad-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html

---

Original article -

House approves bill to reopen the government, sends measure to Trump for his signature

BREAKING: House approves bill to reopen the government, sends measure to Trump for his signature

The bill would open the government for three weeks but does not provide funds for President Trump’s border wall. Trump is expected to sign the bill, clearing the way for federal workers to return to work on Monday.

This story will be updated.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-leaders-continue-to-seek-a-deal-to-end-shutdown-that-will-satisfy-trump/2019/01/25/09c898dc-20ad-11e9-8e21-59a09ff1e2a1_story.html

[thegoose]

1. Big fucking deal

No less than jail for Ancient Orange!!!

[C Moon]

12. :D Ancient Orange!

[truthisfreedom]

2. Three weeks. Broken government, total lack of leadership.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The collateral damage of the broken government

includes suffering employees AND an increased cost to the government upon reopening, i.e., late fees and interest assessed against the government itself, for bills not paid on time due to the shutdown.

[htuttle]

4. This is right where we were three weeks ago

Let's see if it turns out differently this time.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. More than 3 weeks ago - over a month (35 days). nt

[Doreen]

6. What is going on?

I am missing that picture they take with him happily smiling and a whole bunch of his thugs smiling also while he signs. Whats the matter? Isn't he happy?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. I don't think the paperwork has gotten to him yet.

It took awhile for it to get from the Senate to the House (almost 2 hours).

[Iliyah]

25. t-rump has a

difficult time of reading more than a word or two. His aids will have to read the document and then find the pictures that explains it.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. He won't read it

I expect these are hundreds of pages long (most appropriations bills are). All he'll be handed is the signature page.

[George II]

8. Did the Democrats ALL vote for it this time?

[BumRushDaShow]

10. They did it as a unanimous consent-style vote (no objections). nt

[sakabatou]

9. If Trump doesn't sign the bill

Like he said, he owns the shut-down.

[Cha]

11. Aloha, BRDS.. Does

this mean HUD will get money to help assisting peeps with their rent, too.

Asking for moi

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Yup - as soon as he signs it!

I think all of the agencies are going to try to expedite this and will probably be working overtime to process it!

[Cha]

21. I hope there's no last second

change of mind via coulter or one of his other puppet masters.

Mahalo!

[BumRushDaShow]

22. I hear ya!

I think that is why the House "dispensed with the reading" and the debate and just did a motion to agree to the bill (without objection), so like a unanimous consent. That's the fastest way to get it it to him without people like Miller or Limpballs or Coultergeist interfering.

[Cha]

23. Thanks!

I've been on pins and needles.

[mastermind]

13. Be careful, rumors are that tRump slipped a little something into the bill

5 billion dollars for a burger king franchise in the Whitehouse.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Wouldn't they would have to move the KFC

to put it there though?

[Cold War Spook]

17. I think Trump ran because he thought he would be living in a White Castle.

King and unlimited hamberders.

[Cold War Spook]

15. He will sigh it, I hope.

I don't think he will try another shutdown, but he probably will declare an emergency. I don't care if he does, because with all the court cases from owners of the properties he needs to all the environmental issues which will also go to court, it will take years before any real work can be done and the first Democrat elected President or with luck Pelosi will be President in a month or two.

[bluestarone]

18. He won't even read it.

Should have slipped something in there!

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Someone posted on GD that VAWA WAS slipped in there!

(Violence Against Women Act renewal) https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211729172

(by accident but... )

[bluestarone]

20. TOOOO funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oberliner]

24. That was quick

I thought the Republicans were opposed to opening the government without a wall? Isn't that what they have been on about?

[BumRushDaShow]

26. I think the GOP Senators' fiery complaints

against Pence and McConnell yesterday, along with the 1 hour ground stop at LaGuardia this morning that rippled into major airport delays across the country, ended up being the straws that broke the camel's back.

[oberliner]

28. Also - the Republicans were full of crap

And just do whatever Trump tells them to do.

[BumRushDaShow]

29. ...and the teabaggers

I remember back when (R) Bob Bennett was running for re-election in Utah and he was targeted and primaried by the teabaggers who installed Mike Lee in that seat. He had been in office for 3 terms and was summarily removed as a warning. That helped to push the already RW Orin Hatch, off the RW cliff into insanity. Republican after Republican was eventually booted - including big names like Eric Cantor - and replaced with the loons. That put the fear into whoever was left.

Drumpf is the personification and voice of teabaggery and they obey (for the most part).

[tclambert]

30. Do you think Trump will hold one of those flashy signing ceremonies where he proudly

holds up the document with his scribble on it for the cameras to record? Or does he quietly sign it in secret, then stomp off to his TV room to watch reruns of The Apprentice?