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GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
« on: December 18, 2020, 10:59:09 pm »
GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
By Jordain Carney - 12/18/20 05:30 PM EST

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said on Friday that he will let a stopgap government funding bill clear the Senate after getting reassurances from Senate leadership about a year-end deal to provide coronavirus relief.

"I have been assured by Senate GOP leadership that #COVID direct assistance to working people IS in the #covid relief bill under negotiation & will remain. And on that basis, I will consent to a brief continuing resolution to allow negotiations to conclude," Hawley tweeted on Friday.

Hawley's tweet comes hours after he warned that he would not let Senate leadership speed up consideration of a days-long continuing resolution (CR) that is needed to prevent a government shutdown starting on Saturday without details on what was in a yet-to-be-reached coronavirus agreement.


Because the COVID-19 relief negotiations are tied to a $1.4 trillion package to fund the government, Congress needs to either pass the deal or a stopgap bill on Friday night in order to prevent a shutdown.

"I'd like to see some indication of what we're moving toward. ... So I'm not going to allow a CR to go through until I know what's actually in the package," Hawley said earlier Friday.

When a reporter noted that he sounded frustrated, Hawley said the situation was "beginning to reach the point of absurdity" and that it was "time for leadership to put on the table what they've got."

The House appears poised to pass a two-day continuing resolution which would fund the government through Sunday in an effort to buy negotiators more time.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/530922-gop-senator-backs-down-from-shutdown-threat
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Re: GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2020, 11:54:19 pm »
Wow.  Imagine that.  GOP backing down.  Who would have guessed?
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Re: GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2020, 12:23:17 am »
Wow.  Imagine that.  GOP backing down.  Who would have guessed?

I'm waiting to see if he's condemned as Trump was for the deficit.  @roamer_1?
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Re: GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2020, 01:44:06 am »
I'm waiting to see if he's condemned as Trump was for the deficit.  @roamer_1?

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Oh hell yes. If he backs down he puts his name on it all the same, regardless of assurances. Deals with the devil do not impress me... which should be a predictable end at this point.

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Re: GOP senator backs down from shutdown threat
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2020, 01:46:48 am »
@Cyber Liberty

Oh hell yes. If he backs down he puts his name on it all the same, regardless of assurances. Deals with the devil do not impress me... which should be a predictable end at this point.

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