I don’t understand why the House Dems aren’t planning to bring the Senate version to a floor vote? The WH could veto, pushing Senate GOP into a position of supporting or overriding their own previous vote. It would either open the government or put the #shutdown 100% on GOP.
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It’s a new legislative year. The Senate would have to pass the same bill again by vote because it already expired. Then it would go to the President. The reason it won’t happen is because Sen. Majority Leader McConnell won’t bring it.

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Unfortunately, there’s a lot of government workers and contractors feeling the financial burden of this right now. The sad part is that many don’t realize that 45* and the GOP see them as expendable.
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I know, many colleagues are feeling the bite, esp at this time of the year.
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Yep. Add me to the list. Got a stop work order from FAA effective Friday. Sigh.
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I’m so sorry. I have no control, but I’m writing/calling my congressional representatives.

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God bless all the Federal workers suffering from this
#shutdown. None of you deserve to be used as pawns in this political battle. I too have no influence or power to change it, but please know that My family will be praying for all you & your families!!

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I'm old enough to remember when
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I'm old enough to remember when Americans had critical thinking skills + utilized data to form an opinion. Roughly half of the undocumented immigrants in the US didn't jump the border; they came in legally on visitor, student or worker visas & never left.https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/aug/24/kevin-mccarthy/mostly-true-visa-overstays-account-half-all-people/ …
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Right,so by using critical thinking skills you can see that half of the problem will be solved by building the wall. It will also free up resources to go after visa overstaying offenders. Glad we could agree.Also,Politifact is absolute partisan garbage-might as well quote the DNC
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A barrier between you and “brown” people. A wall is a stupid waste of money, that we as taxpayers will end up paying for IF he gets money for it. Which he won’t.
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Wasting the estimated $25 billion total it would cost to build Trump's border wall would not "free up resources" - it's USING precious resources we should devote to locating those who've overstayed their visas & deporting them, + to what CBP wants: more border patrol staff hired.
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The number of people coming over the Southern border has drastically decreased & is at a low. Trump is lying about this as a "crisis" in order to stoke his base. Here are the facts: https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/aug/24/kevin-mccarthy/mostly-true-visa-overstays-account-half-all-people/ … And you if you don't believe Politifact, click on their links to sources.pic.twitter.com/wZQ9gAQzAO
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@BetoORourke has created two excellent videos that explain the vast damage that Trump's border wall would cause, including to endangered species, and why the wall would be useless and a waste of money and resources. Here's the first one: https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1078711815259996161 …#NoBorderWall
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Here's Beto's second video. Give this a watch, it's enlightening.
#NoBorderWall#MAGA folks: actual info here, not Trump's propaganda.https://twitter.com/BetoORourke/status/1079884786653634561 …
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I am old enough to remember I didn't have a $6000 deductible before I got my insurance company to pay my bills!pic.twitter.com/h9SWjkZGfS
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I'm old enough to remember when far right Trumpkins (like there's any other kind) didn't tried to deflect from one of Trump's negatives by lying about the ACA and their own situation. Actually they've always done that.
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Oh yeah? I’m old enough to remember when trump said he’d sign the bill that was passed and then said no he wouldn’t.
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