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riversedge

(70,464 posts)
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:13 PM Jan 2019

House Dems storm the Senate floor to pressure Republicans to end the shutdown

Source: raw story






24 Jan 2019 at 14:47 ET

House Dems storm the Senate (Photo: Politico's Jake Sherman/Twitter)
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Democrats have taken to the Senate floor, demanding they pass the House bill that would end the government shutdown.

The House has passed 10 bills thus far that give any number of possibilities of funding for border security to no avail. The Senate was scheduled to vote on two bills at 2:30 p.m. EST — one is the Democratic bill and another the GOP alternative.

Politico’s Jake Sherman and Variety’s Ted Johnson captured the moment the Democrats marched down the hallowed halls:........................

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/house-dems-storm-senate-floor-pressure-republicans-end-shutdown/



seems they are in the seating area watching the proceedings.







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House Dems storm the Senate floor to pressure Republicans to end the shutdown (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP
YEAH............................... turbinetree Jan 2019 #1
How fast can a turtle run? TheCowsCameHome Jan 2019 #2
Go Dems!!!!! grumpyduck Jan 2019 #3
Keep toing it until it is 100% clear to everyone that this is a KGOP shutdown ffr Jan 2019 #4
GOP is playing political games with people's lives and paychecks. keithbvadu2 Jan 2019 #5
Paging Senator McConnell ... where is Mr. McConnell? FakeNoose Jan 2019 #6
if you click that link be sure to clear your cookies immediately afterwards nt msongs Jan 2019 #7
YES!!!!!!!!!!! ailsagirl Jan 2019 #8

turbinetree

(24,745 posts)
1. YEAH...............................
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:14 PM
Jan 2019

this will make the Moscow Turtle Mitch go berserk.........................


ffr

(22,681 posts)
4. Keep toing it until it is 100% clear to everyone that this is a KGOP shutdown
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:22 PM
Jan 2019

Mitch McConnell must be pressured to do what the people want, not what his Kremlin masters want.

keithbvadu2

(37,051 posts)
5. GOP is playing political games with people's lives and paychecks.
Thu Jan 24, 2019, 04:33 PM
Jan 2019

Republicans falsely blame democrats for Trump's Proud Shutdown.

GOP is playing political games with people's lives and paychecks.

Trump knows he can get the money without democrat votes with his national emergency.

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