Here are the possibilities:

> House bill passes but Trump bill fails

> Trump bill passes but House bill fails

> Both bills pass!

> Both bills fail!

Anyone have opinions on what happens after each of the above possibilities?

good one!

If McConnell puts up Trump's first and it passes, will the House bill be considered?

I wouldn't put it past the evil old turtle.

as to which bill McTurtle puts up first.

SOB.

I don't think it will pass, needing 60 votes, but it is a good start.

And if Dem Senators behave, the House bill should get more votes than Trump's bill.

I don't, for a minute, think he's caving. He's got some other wicked plan at hand. There must be some sort of Senate rules or some esoteric doctrine he's going to pull out to get Trump's way.

Who knows what is going on in that fiendish little turtle brain of his?

will there be Republicans who voted for it then but not now ?

McConnell may be looking for an out, or a way to shift blame.

will be exposed as voting to keep federal workers from returning to work. It will give them each personal accountability for the hostage taking.

to get rid of one who is up for reelection in North Carolina in 2020, if he votes against it, Mr Thom Tillis.

we will have an official tally of every Republican Senator who voted to continue keeping Federal workers without their paychecks. This can then be hung around their necks in their re-election campaigns.

I want them on the record. I’m also very interested in how those in jesopardy of losing their seats in 2020 vote on the CR..

I’m looking at you Susan Collins.

we will now see.

BTW welcome to DU.

That's what this is all about.

Donnie will claim credit for ending the shutdown and then blame democrats for creating the second shutdown, even though it's all the same b.s.

He just wants to have his pomp and circumstance for his big speech. And reframe the "debate"

If anything Trump is good at talking to his (in my opinion) less than 30% base.

Passing both is a smart move.

This is all about the SOTU address and him being able to spew his hate, fear, and stupidity to the whole nation, while blaming the Democrats for everything. I am not sure he will be able pin it on the Democrats, but it will inflate his sick warped ego, and after all the only one that maters is "him"!

There’s more serious work than speeches and pageantry.

...doing nothing is worse than doing something. So he's throwing everything out there, what passes, passes. What doesn't, doesn't. But he's trying to wash his hands of this...despite the fact, he's responsible for delaying several years of legislation...even when he agreed with it because a black guy in office might get credit.

He knows the border wall is dead. But if the government getting funded by the Senate goes through, then its on Trump to veto. If the Senate overrides or not, the pressure is off of him.

Earlier McConnell said he'd vote on a wall bill.

Today he said he'd also take up the House bill.

on him.

...and then, essentially, say “well, now that we’ve proven there’s no way you’re going to reopen government without fully funding the wall, let’s negotiate (everything except that).”