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About 3 weeks ago Mitch McConnell got a bill through the Senate via unanimous consent that would have kept govt open through Feb. 8 while Trump negotiated w/Pelosi. McConnell could bring that bill up again but he won’t go against Trump.
So here we are.
Ways to reopen govt:
Trump Caves, signs CR, omnibus or CRomnibus
Trump Caves but declares emergency/builds wall/court fight
Pelosi Caves, fund$ wall
Pelosi Caves but attaches Dem 🥕🥕🥕 Trump agrees to sign
Negotiated deal
McConnell/McCarthy etc defy Trump
One of the ideas rejected would have been: Trump agrees to reopen government for now to set up an accelerated process for negotiations, votes on various ideas. Not quite a full cave but a reprieve.
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I keep thinking about 2011. New House GOP majority.
Key member: Mick Mulvaney. What did he demand?
Cut, Cap and Balance: No debt limit hike/avoiding default without AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION with a balance budget amendment. & massive spending cuts.
He called it a "compromise."
Obama ended up cutting a deal with McConnell & co. cutting trillions in spending from the baseline over a decade to avoid a default. (Mulvaney voted no).
It's hard to imagine what the equivalent ask from Pelosi would be today?
"I'll shut down the government and default on the debt unless there is a Constitutional Amendment enacting single payer/cap and trade/overturning Citizens United/amnesty for 11 million"?
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Steven Dennis
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A Fox Outnumbered host just asked, twice, what if @AOC jumps into the 2020 race for president.

No one corrected her and noted she’s not old enough to run under the Constitution.
I then stopped watching Fox Outnumbered, which was on the TV in the Senate basement dining area.
The Fox host said something like, if Beto's running, why not AOC.
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Steven Dennis
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Lindsey Graham just said he sees no pathway forward for reopening the government. Said his ideas didn’t get traction (DACA fix for wall etc), and said he’s planning to go to the gym.
Graham said he’s never been more “depressed” about finding a way forward to end the shutdown.
Graham says any emergency declaration would be challenged in Congress and the courts. He’s not sure a Senate majority would support the president.
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