The Senate has passed a bill to fund the government through mid-February, just hours after President Trump relented on his demand for border wall money as part of a deal.
The Senate cleared the bill by voice vote with no objections. That vote came just one day after most Republican senators voted against an almost identical bill that Trump had opposed.
The bill will get a similar rush vote in the House Friday evening, and Trump is expected to sign it sometime shortly after that. There’s never a guarantee the President will follow through on his promises, but it appears that he’s likely to do so in this case.
Senate leaders also picked the members who will attempt to negotiate a broader deal on immigration – and Republicans decided to pick a group of reasonable dealmakers rather than immigration hardliners. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) and fellow committee members Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Hoeven (R-ND) and Roy Blunt (R-MO), were picked for the bipartisan, bicameral negotiations. Democrats picked their top three members on the committee as well: Sens. Pat Leahy (D-VT), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Jon Tester (D-MT).
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Nice - seems everybody’s getting a slice of Donnie today…
Ann Coulter is soooooovery angry right now.
Please stop, you’re making me giggle…
All of this has exposed the GOP Senatotial contingent as essentially spineless - basically identical content and they - support -oppose - support - all in robotic response to what they think Trump wants.
The look on McConnell’s face is priceless, he got nothing out of this except embarrassment and an image as a Trump toady, and following along might have risked the Republican Senate majority (and maybe his seat as well). And, with Democrats ascendant, he now knows that he has to work with them, the pain of trying to cross Pelosi is just not worth it.
Add in the right wing freak out over this, and it is good times indeed for those of us who want a functional nation going forward.