McClatchy: Democrats’ warnings of GOP government shutdown aren’t backed by facts
David Lightman at the McClatchy Washington Bureau, which provides national political news for the McClatchy family of newspapers (like the Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer, etc.) writes:
If Obama does ease immigration rules, Rubio wants a Senate vote on the issue, probably as part of budget legislation. But even if the Senate did vote to overturn such an order, “We are not going to shut down the government. The only people talking about another government shutdown are partisan Democrats trying to raise money and distract from the real issues this fall,” said Rubio spokesman Alex Conant.
If the president doesn’t act before the elections, “I don’t anticipate that there will be any votes on it,” he added.
The White House is sounding increasingly reluctant to issue a pre-election order. Obama had previously told administration officials that he wanted recommendations by the end of the summer and then intended “to adopt those recommendations without further delay.” But on Tuesday, Press Secretary Josh Earnest wouldn’t pinpoint a timetable.
Basically claiming that Democratic talking points about a possible shutdown are panic. But given the stunt Ted Cruz pulled, can you really believe this article?
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Remember how Republicans took us to the brink of default TWICE in the past 3 years to extract concessions that they couldn't achieve legislatively while claiming that they didn't want that to happen? Remember how their shenanigans damaged our federal government's credit rating? Remember how they shut down the government just last year over ACA- after claiming that they wouldn't do it? Now, McConnell is talking about the likelihood (a very strong one considering past history) of loading spending bills up with "poison pills" that will inevitably lead to further government shutdowns. I'd say that the odds of more fiscal shenanigans is pretty darned high whenever they control all or part of Congress with a Democratic President. McClatchy is either in the tank for Republicans or just woefully naive.
