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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumstwitter-+GOP senators, including Leader McConnell, tell Vice President Pence
at lunch that the shutdown is not smart political strategy and needs to end as soon as possible, per sources.
https://twitter.com/alexanderbolton
'GOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes Frustrated GOP senators read Vice President Pence the riot act at a closed-door meeting Thursday, telling him the partial government shutdown needs to end soon, according to lawmakers in the room.
Republican senators, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), warned the vice president that prolonging the shutdown is not a smart political strategy, in hopes of sending a clear message to President Trump that he needs to resolve the crisis as soon as possible.
A spokesman for McConnell declined to comment on specific conversations during the private lunch but noted that the Kentucky Republican made his thoughts about a potential government shutdown clear in mid-December.'>>>
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426896-gop-senators-read-pence-riot-act-before-shutdown-votes
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)McConnell can always call for a vote on the House Bill, and allow it to pass the Senate.
McConnell has no more integrity than does Trump himself.
Squinch
(51,087 posts)They could stop it in a minute.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)they think that making other people suffer is funny and acceptable.
Squinch
(51,087 posts)drmeow
(5,038 posts)Torturing people for political gain.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)They need to talk him out of it. Clean bill for the year.
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)He doesn't need tRumps permission.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)He is up to his eye balls in the Russian mess, or some other kind of blackmail, or maybe both. He knows trump would use it agains him if he crosses him, and Mitch cares more about his own ass than the country he took an oath to protect.
I also think some of the other republicans in the Senate are also compromised and are also more worried about what trump might use on them if they cross him than the oath they took when they were sworn in.
C_U_L8R
(45,038 posts)is only going to make things worse for the Republicans. If they were smart, they'd give Trump the heave-ho.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)coming to a end much sooner than he wanted. After some of the Condescending comments from Administration Officals today,Slimy knows the shite hit the fan.