Steven Seagal’s Loyalty to Putin 'Ready To Die for Russia'

[webfact]

U.S. Congress meets briefly, takes no steps to end shutdown

 

FILE PHOTO: Sun shines on the U.S. Capitol Dome as budget legislation deadlines loom for a potential federal government shutdown in Washington, U.S., December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Both chambers of the U.S. Congress convened for only a few minutes late on Thursday, but took no steps to end a partial federal government shutdown before adjourning until next week.

 

Showing little sense of urgency over the shutdown, now in its sixth day, the Senate and the House of Representatives did nothing to restore funding for the roughly 20 percent of the government affected.

 

The shutdown was on track to continue into next week and possibly drag on well into January.

 

The shutdown was triggered by Republican President Donald Trump's demand, largely opposed by Democrats and some lawmakers within his own party, that U.S. taxpayers provide $5 billion for a wall he wants to build along the U.S.-Mexico border.

 

Trump wants the money to be included in spending measures that Congress must pass to restore funding to several government agencies, including the departments of Homeland Security, Justice, Agriculture and Commerce.

 

On Saturday, when their existing funding expired, those agencies shut down "nonessential" operations. It was the third shutdown of the year. The previous two were brief.

 

“The president has made clear that any bill to fund the government must adequately fund border security," White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a statement that made no mention of Trump's proposed wall.

 

The shutdown has had only a limited impact so far, partly due to holiday vacations being underway for the 800,000 or so federal workers affected, though that could change soon.

 

(Reporting by Ginger Gibson, David Morgan and Eric Beech; editing by Kevin Drawbaugh, Phil Berlowitz and Jonathan Oatis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-12-28

[mikebike]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The shutdown has had only a limited impact so far, partly due to holiday vacations being underway for the 800,000 or so federal workers affected, though that could change soon.

I think those affected directly would disagree that the effect is "limited", especially those whose long-planned Xmas vacations were cancelled at the last moment, and the not insignificant % of federal employees affected who live paycheck to paycheck.

[wwest5829]

Congress met? Who was there to meet? Members are on holiday, they are going to fly back to D.C. RT for a meeting? Don’t think so. And none of us, in our right minds, would either....

[guest879]

dems wont give a token 5 billion to patch the boarder wall when illegal immigration costs 285 billion per year. they give 10 billion in foreign aid to Mexico.  crazy.

[mikebike]

15 minutes ago, guest879 said:

dems wont give a token 5 billion to patch the boarder wall when illegal immigration costs 285 billion per year. they give 10 billion in foreign aid to Mexico.  crazy.

What's crazy is 45 didn't grab the 20 billion the Dems offered for the Dreamers... and even crazier is that he didnt get his $$ when he had the Senate AND Congress... and EVEN CRAZIER is your immigration cost number has no relation to reality... 555555!!

[bristolboy]

1 hour ago, mikebike said:

What's crazy is 45 didn't grab the 20 billion the Dems offered for the Dreamers... and even crazier is that he didnt get his $$ when he had the Senate AND Congress... and EVEN CRAZIER is your immigration cost number has no relation to reality... 555555!!

What's even crazier is that these people think illegal immigration is increasing across the border with Mexico when in fact it has declined drastically from its peak. In fact, there are no less illegal immigrants resident in the USA than just a few years ago. There has actually been a net outflow of Mexicans.

[lovelomsak]

5 hours ago, bristolboy said:

What's even crazier is that these people think illegal immigration is increasing across the border with Mexico when in fact it has declined drastically from its peak. In fact, there are no less illegal immigrants resident in the USA than just a few years ago. There has actually been a net outflow of Mexicans.

Maybe Mexican numbers are down but what about the other hispanic countries? They are marching through other countries just to run the American border.

[Tug]

People just want to believe trumps bs amazing 

[bristolboy]

19 minutes ago, lovelomsak said:

Maybe Mexican numbers are down but what about the other hispanic countries? They are marching through other countries just to run the American border.

total illegal immigration across the border is way down. Not only that but the number of resident illegal immigrants has declined a bit from its peak in 2015. Keep in mind that the populations of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras is roughly 1/4 that of Mexico. And would be immigrants have a lot farther to travel and a lot rougher time of it than do Mexicans. So that is an additional discouragement.