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Title: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: mystery-ak on June 12, 2020, 02:00:48 pm
Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
By Alexander Bolton - 06/12/20 06:00 AM EDT

Senate Republicans are growing concerned that rising tensions between President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could lead to a shutdown fight just weeks before the election and threaten their slim majority in the chamber.

There is widespread anxiety among GOP senators that Trump’s penchant for picking fights is a political liability as his response to nationwide protests against police brutality appears to be the cause of his declining approval ratings.

Republicans are now worried that he’s likely to pick a fight with Pelosi in September over government funding for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/502395-republicans-start-bracing-for-shutdown-fight-in-run-up-to-election
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: EdinVA on June 12, 2020, 02:13:04 pm
"Republicans are now worried that he’s likely to pick a fight with Pelosi in September over government funding for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1."
So standing up for what is right is "picking a fight"?  What a bunch of cowards.
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: skeeter on June 12, 2020, 02:15:58 pm
No back up info for The Hill's primary premise here. As usual.
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: EdinVA on June 12, 2020, 02:36:31 pm
The dems are going to load the budget up with all sorts of BS to get it vetoed..
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: skeeter on June 12, 2020, 02:38:14 pm
The dems are going to load the budget up with all sorts of BS to get it vetoed..

The *ssholes in the media are just setting the table.
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: roamer_1 on June 12, 2020, 07:24:24 pm
Yeah, whatever... Republicans and Tumpy suddenly acting like spendthrifts... Just in time for the election.
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: GtHawk on June 12, 2020, 08:55:23 pm
The dems are going to load the budget up with all sorts of BS to get it vetoed..
If they were extra evil............what am I saying! The Democrats would get the most mileage and damage by loading it with lots of things just for Black, especially loading it with reparation dollars.
Title: Re: Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
Post by: corbe on June 12, 2020, 09:04:51 pm
   Why should this be any different than the last 3 monstrosities that Trump signed, with MUCH Drama.