We have a deal! Funding until Feb 15

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President Donald Trump said Friday he's reached a deal to reopen the federal government after a month-long shutdown.

"I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said in remarks from the Rose Garden.
"As everyone knows I have a very powerful alternative but I'm not going to use it at this time," Trump said.
Sources told CNN the White House and congressional negotiators made an agreement to temporarily reopen the federal government while talks continue on a border wall.


The path included signing a stopgap funding measure that would fund the government through February 15. But sources said it would not include any new funding for Trump's promised border wall, once an ironclad demand that led to the shuttering of government agencies.
 

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cave
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gerund or present participle: caving

  1. explore caves as a sport.
    "they say they cave for the adventure, challenge, and physical exercise"

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    capitulate or submit under pressure; cave in.
 
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I predict this is just an intermission between shutdown #3 and shutdown #4.

I don't, because
1) there's no appetite for one after all the pain this one caused
2) everyone sees through Donny's "negotiation" "tactics" now

The chances of there being a wall have dropped to near zero. If there was any chance that declaring an emergency would work, they'd have tried it weeks ago. Stick a fork in Donny; he's done.
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I don't, because
1) there's no appetite for one after all the pain this one caused
2) everyone sees through Donny's "negotiation" "tactics" now

The chances of there being a wall have dropped to near zero. If there was any chance that declaring an emergency would work, they'd have tried it weeks ago. Stick a fork in Donny; he's done.
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I think he'd be stupid to do it, but he might do anything. His supporters on all the conservative sites are heated.
 
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I think he'd be stupid to do it, but he might do anything. His supporters on all the conservative sites are heated.

True. He could still blow this up like he did the last deal. He'd be suicidal to do so, but he's....not smart.
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True. He could still blow this up like he did the last deal. He'd be suicidal to do so, but he's....not smart.
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I think it depends on the responses of Coulter, Limbaugh, Hannity, and Fox and Friends. It is their "advice" that Trump typically seems to listen to.
 
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President Donald Trump said Friday he's reached a deal to reopen the federal government after a month-long shutdown.

"I am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government," Trump said in remarks from the Rose Garden.
"As everyone knows I have a very powerful alternative but I'm not going to use it at this time," Trump said.
Sources told CNN the White House and congressional negotiators made an agreement to temporarily reopen the federal government while talks continue on a border wall.


The path included signing a stopgap funding measure that would fund the government through February 15. But sources said it would not include any new funding for Trump's promised border wall, once an ironclad demand that led to the shuttering of government agencies.
Looks like he came to his senses, my feeling hasn't changed, let's build the wall. Due consideration to the DACA dreamers and some real immigration reform, taking every measure to ensure that all illegal immigration laws are strictly enforced. Then let's build a wall, I don't think it's the answer but why not, a few billion dollars on a highly dubious agenda isn't that unusual in the United States. Let's build it and God willing, maybe we can have an intelligent debate on responsible security.
 
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Until he flat out stops fighting for or reneges on the wall, I'm good. It is a good thing I was wrong. I thought he was going to fire people. To be honest, that would not have at all been surprising, even tho it would have been a bit mean spirited.

He still hasn't abandoned the wall so were good.
 
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This could end up being an absolute nightmare for McConnell, as well as congress, and you know, the US in general. This kind of power grab, if successful would set precedent with less than 2 years until the presidency could change hands. And a democratic president would know how to wield that nearly unlimited power much more adeptly than Trump. They could reshape the whole country in record time.
 
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Exactly, which is why it's as hollow a threat as he could have possibly made.

If there was truly an emergency, he should have declared one the moment he was sworn into office, with a Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. He waited until a majority Democratic House was seated, made a few noises about declaring an emergency, and sat on his considerable behind for over a month.

An emergency is an event that requires immediate attention. If he can wait for more than a month to declare one, it ain't an emergency.
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Donald "Mexico will pay for the wall" Trump said:
“We do not need 2,000 miles of wall from sea to shining sea. We never did,”

- January 25, 2019
The Day The Wall Became A Cave
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