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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepub senator begs tRump to not shut the govt down before midterms...
Senate Republicans didnt put too many questions to President Donald Trump when he joined them for lunch on Tuesday, but the partys most vulnerable incumbent did make one big ask: Please, Nevada Sen. Dean Heller pleaded, dont shut down the government over funding for a border wall before the midterm elections.
Picking that fight during an election season would hurt Republicans at the ballot box, Heller told Trump, according to an attendee and two people briefed on the meeting. Though Heller prefaced his request by heaping praise on the president, Trump was noncommittal. Well see what happens, he told the group.
Heller, who confirmed he asked Trump not to shut down the government, was speaking for Republican lawmakers who fear that the presidents desire to follow through on one of his signature campaign promises could undermine their attempt to maintain control of the upper chamber. While Trump held campaign rallies with a raucous audience pushing him to build the wall at the U.S. border with Mexico, many Senate Republicans want to avoid a government shutdown at all costs at least between now and the November elections.
Government funding runs out on Sept. 30, and Trump is laser-focused on getting his wall money in the next fiscal year, telling senators on Twitter not to take their usual August recess unless the border is secured.
Picking that fight during an election season would hurt Republicans at the ballot box, Heller told Trump, according to an attendee and two people briefed on the meeting. Though Heller prefaced his request by heaping praise on the president, Trump was noncommittal. Well see what happens, he told the group.
Heller, who confirmed he asked Trump not to shut down the government, was speaking for Republican lawmakers who fear that the presidents desire to follow through on one of his signature campaign promises could undermine their attempt to maintain control of the upper chamber. While Trump held campaign rallies with a raucous audience pushing him to build the wall at the U.S. border with Mexico, many Senate Republicans want to avoid a government shutdown at all costs at least between now and the November elections.
Government funding runs out on Sept. 30, and Trump is laser-focused on getting his wall money in the next fiscal year, telling senators on Twitter not to take their usual August recess unless the border is secured.
Sen. Heller to Trump: Dont shut government down before the midterms/
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Repub senator begs tRump to not shut the govt down before midterms... (Original Post)
cynatnite
May 2018
OP
I wonder if he also does not want to spend more time in his district too. People
applegrove
May 2018
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)1. Oh hey there, trumpy boy! GO AHEAD AND SHUT DOWN THE GOV'T!
RockRaven
(14,886 posts)2. So Trump wants to shut the government down...
and McConnell wants to keep the Senate open...
and Dirty Dean is potential collateral damage for both.
applegrove
(118,462 posts)3. I wonder if he also does not want to spend more time in his district too. People
may demand more town halls and that could lead to questions about health care and inequality and Russia.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)4. Doesn't Trump have some scurrilous playground nickname for Heller?
Dirty Dean or something?
Those GOPers sat and listened to him brag for 45 minutes. They aren't just culpable-- they are almost unbelievably servile. They have no pride... or shame.