Everyone is convinced they’ll win – but in reality, nobody wins in a government shutdown. The ‘blame game’ makes for great Washington theater, but doesn’t serve the needs of the nation.
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Simply put, there’s no reason to shut the government down and no reason to continue this chaos for the next 30 days.
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Continuing resolutions are devastating to our military.
As @DeptofDefense Gen Mattis said this morning - no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of the U.S. military than the combination of defense spending cuts and continuing resolutions.
He’s exactly right.
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We could easily pass a continuing resolution – which lasts days (certainly more than the four proposed by the Senate Minority Leader) and less than the 30 days passed by the House of Representatives – to close the deal on outstanding issues which remain.
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It’s time Congress stop the cycle of dysfunction, grow up, and act consistent with the values of a great nation. The White House should engage and lead us to a solution.
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We are inside the 10 yard line on a lot of major issues – military spending, government spending, CHIP, stabilizing insurance markets, disaster relief, and Phase I immigration reform.
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The U.S. military has to work to accomplish their objectives. They don’t get to point fingers or pass the buck. Congress could learn a lot from them and learn to get the job done regardless who gets the credit, or in this case, the blame.
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Mr. Graham: CRs are in lieu of an annual budget. March across the isle, leave your GOP hat in the office and meet with the Dems as mutual components of leadership, and workout a 12 month budget together. Can’t avoid Governance by tweeting.
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Put your by-partisan bill on the floor for a vote. Your republican colleagues are trying to sabotage it and make the budget partisan.
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Wait, you're saying that the person in charge of a entire governmental department says that we need to increase the budget of his department?
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