...and so the blame game continues .... this time ... the blame is on the DEMS. Turn around is fair play.
Ted Cruz concerned Democrats will trigger government shutdownTed Cruz, no stranger himself to government funding fights, expressed concern Monday that the “Democratic radical left” would prompt a government shutdown in the coming weeks as Congress faces an April 28 deadline to pass a spending bill.
“You know, I very much hope we don’t have a shutdown,” Cruz told reporters. “I will say I’m concerned. I think [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer and the Democrats want a shutdown.”
Cruz had a starring role in the 2013 government shutdown, which lasted 16 days and was prompted over failed efforts by Republicans to defund the Affordable Care Act. Afterward, some Republicans blamed Cruz for helping instigate the shutdown without a realistic plan to prompt the Obama administration to blink on the issue.
“You know, one of the dynamics we’ve got is the Democratic radical left is demanding of Senate Democrats that they oppose everything, that they engage in across-the-board obstruction,” Cruz said Monday. “And so I do have some concern that to appease the radical left, Chuck Schumer and the Democrats may do everything they can to try to provoke a shutdown.”
This time around, the Trump administration has signaled it wants its priorities reflected in the spending bill that will be before lawmakers when they return from their two-week spring recess Monday. That could include funding for Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, an idea that is anathema to Democrats who will have to provide some support to get the legislation across the finish line.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/ted-cruz-concerned-democrats-will-trigger-government-shutdown/
