This is your daily reminder that Congress can re-open the government without Trump

[RockRaven]

but Republicans, led by Mitch McConnell, refuse to do their Constitutional duty and behave as a co-equal branch of government.

This shutdown belongs to Senate Republicans as much as it belongs to Trump. People with R Senators up in 2020 need to make noise about this being a reason they are unfit to serve NOW, not 18 months from now.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. turtle is an infected pustule on the history of the senate.

[Iliyah]

2. McTurtle won't do it.

[beachbum bob]

3. 67 votes in the senate to override a presidential veto, same number to convict with impeachment

takes 2/3s of the house to override a presidential veto


IF we see the one, we are likely to see the other. At this moment no incentive yet for GOP to do anything. Give it a month or 6....

[33taw]

4. McConnell still has to call the vote. Not sure that will happen.

Of course, when the SNAP payments and tax refunds start to fail there may be constituent pressure.

[pandr32]

5. Huge K&R

[Andy823]

6. Mitch is compromised

Be it Russian money, or something else, or both, and he hasn't got the guts to do what is right for the country, he is only covering his own ass. The same goes for some of the other republicans in the Senate.

[California_Republic]

7. Agree agree agree!