House passes spending bill with border wall money -- setting up shutdown stalemate with Senate

[Eugene]

Source: CNBC

The House passed a temporary spending bill Thursday with money for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall, further muddying the scramble to dodge a partial government shutdown by Friday.

The chamber approved the measure in a 217-185 vote. But the path forward now is murky. The bill likely will not clear the Senate because it includes more than $5 billion for the border barrier, increasing the chances that funding for seven agencies lapses after the midnight Friday deadline.

Senators were told Thursday to prepare for potential votes Friday. The chamber convenes at noon.

The Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday night to keep the government running through Feb. 8 — without border wall money. Trump insisted Thursday that he would not sign it. It forced House Republicans to include the wall money in the new bill.

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Jacob Pramuk
Published 2 Hours Ago Updated 1 Min Ago


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/house-votes-on-spending-bill-border-wall-ahead-of-government-shutdown.html

[mucifer]

1. hateful "moderate" republicans will now blame the dems for the shutdown

[onit2day]

14. Blackmail and legislating by extortion. Majority of voters don't want wall

[joshdawg]

24. What are the chances

every single republican Senator will vote for this bill?

Some of them may badmouth trump, but they will still vote for everything he proposes.

It will be an interesting vote.

[lapislzi]

25. You can always count on Susan Collins to do the right thing

[msongs]

2. more than 100 dems voted for it as well nt

[SergeStorms]

3. Huh?

Better check your math.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. So only 94 Democratic reps voted against it? Currently there are 194.

[highplainsdem]

7. No. All the Democrats voted against the bill. So did 8 Republicans. See this:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-meeting-house-republicans-amid-border-wall-showdown/story?id=59930695&cid=social_twitter_abcn

House Republicans have voted to approve a bill to fund President Donald Trump’s $5 billion demand for border wall, setting up a final showdown in the Senate ahead of Friday’s deadline to avert a government shutdown.

The vote received no Democratic support, and the bill’s prospects in the Senate are dim as Democrats have pledged to defeat the divisive measure.

The final tally was 217-185, with eight Republicans voting against the package.

[msongs]

8. when i was watching the vote many dems voting for it. musta changed their votes

at the end

[onenote]

10. You are mistaken.

You either misread the screen or were watching some other vote. At no point did any Democrat vote yea. You can go to c-span's website and watch the vote from the beginning if you don't believe me.

[Codeine]

11. Nobody changed their vote.

You clearly misread something.

[Yonnie3]

13. You must have been watching a different vote.

There were several votes this evening.

Perhaps it was this one that immediately followed.

7:58:15 P.M. H.R. 6602 Considered as unfinished business. H.R. 6602 — "To reauthorize the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route, and for other purposes."

8:06:26 P.M. H.R. 6602 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 382 - 9 (Roll no. 473).

[Yonnie3]

9. Source?

I just looked at the Clerk of the Houses website and find zero Democrats voted for this amendment.

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll472.xml

[Racerdog1]

4. Waste of time

Shut it down! No way it gets through the Senate. Orange plague will get his shutdown and own it. This dumb fucking orange asshole knows nothing. Get the party started.

[SergeStorms]

5. Talk about a "nothing burger".

It means absolutely nothing.

[George II]

12. I hope for two things - the Senate votes it down and the vote is late enough for trump....

....to not be able to go to Florida until Saturday.

Make that three things - the pilots are included in the shutdown.

[regnaD kciN]

15. I'm guessing there will be some weasly maneuver in the Senate tomorrow...

Faced with an inability to get cloture, will Senate Majority Leader McYurtle declare a new procedural rule eliminating the filibuster in cases of “funding matters of vital national security”…? I wouldn’t put it past him. God knows, the Republicans managing to ram the wall through would endear them to Trump’s base, and might be the only way 45 might hope to win re-election.

[IronLionZion]

16. The GoFundMe page has raised $9.3 million

So maybe the House should ask Mexico to pay for the rest

https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

Trump will not be blocked from flying (nor will anyone else) if there is a shutdown. The pilots, controllers, and other staff just have to work without pay as Trump tells them Merry Christmas.

[keithbvadu2]

19. This is not Brian's first rodeo on the internet.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142227864

A triple-amputee military vet raises $2.5 million for Trump's border wall in 4 days

This is not Brian's first rodeo on the internet.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/founder-viral-fundraiser-trump-s-border-wall-has-fake-news-n950636

Brian Kolfage told NBC News he didn’t want to mention his previous projects because he “didn’t want it to be a distraction.”

[IronLionZion]

26. Trump supporters scamming Trump supporters is more of a solution than a problem

[CountAllVotes]

21. good vomit coming up on Faux @ 7 PM

TUNE IN TONIGHT!

I'll be on Fox News Laura Ingraham's show to discuss the border wall Gofundme! 10pm EST

[bluevoter4life]

17. Should have called his bluff

Should have sent it to his desk anyway. He doesn't give a shit about the wall. He just wants the publicity for it and the illusion to his base that he is fulfilling a campaign promise.

[keithbvadu2]

18. There is no legitimate reason for the American taxpayer to pay for the wall.

There is no legitimate reason for the American taxpayer to pay for the wall.

It is Mexico's obligation according to Trump - 100 %.

[cstanleytech]

20. Its simple, they plan to try and shift the blame onto the Democrats and

the ones that did not get voted out of office are gambling that this vote now will help them in 2020 against the coming blue tidal wave.

[Nitram]

22. If that's the way they want to play it.

Republicans all think they are all Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid blasting their way to glory through 200 federales.

[elmac]

23. the fascists will not allow a shutdown on their watch, its all theator. nt