The federal government shut down for the second time in three weeks Friday, driven to the brink by acute congressional dysfunction and pushed over it by the objections of a single conservative senator.

The partial shutdown began just after midnight when the government, operating on the latest in a series of short-term spending bills, ran out of money because Congress missed its deadline to pass a new one. But the closure could be brief, with minimal disruptions to federal workers and others.

The Senate was expected to pass a massive spending deal in the early morning hours Friday that would reopen the government. The legislation would then head to the House, but the outlook there was less certain because of opposition from liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, and quick passage was not assured.

In a brief interview with The Washington Post, White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said the administration was preparing for the possibility of a temporary shutdown, perhaps spanning a few hours.

Last month, the government shut down for three days in a dispute over undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children, reopening after Senate Democrats accepted assurances from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that he would hold a floor debate on immigration this month.

The latest congressional breakdown came amid disputes over a massive bipartisan spending deal that would shower hundreds of billions of dollars on military and domestic programs alike, lift the federal debt limit for a year and speed disaster aid to hurricane-ravaged areas.

Earlier in the week, the legislation had appeared primed for easy congressional passage, as McConnell and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) unveiled it jointly on the Senate floor Wednesday with a bipartisan flourish and mutual praise.

But it began to run into trouble Thursday as House conservatives rebelled over excessive deficit spending and House liberals fumed that this bill, too, failed to protect “dreamers” who face losing deportation protections under the Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-leaders-scramble-to-win-support-for-budget-deal-ahead-of-midnight-deadline/2018/02/08/4812e996-0cd9-11e8-8b0d-891602206fb7_story.html?utm_term=.deb08bae9d0c

If not for Trump


We wouldn't have known America could shut down


And the whiteys hated Obama

The house has voted to keep the government open

GMBuhari:
If not for Trump


We wouldn't have known America could shut down


And the whiteys hated Obama

Ignorance is bliss!! You know confirming information on things for yourself and not just gobbling down and believing everything you're told will not kill you
1. This is fake news or at best old news
2. The American government also shut down under Obama. In October 2013
3. The American government had shutdowns on 18 other different occasions before Trump became president

Trump in 2013.

mexxmoney:

Ignorance is bliss!! You know confirming information on things for yourself and not just gobbling down and believing everything you're told will not kill you
1. This is fake news or at best old news
2. The American government also shut down under Obama. In October 2013
3. The American government had shutdowns on 18 other different occasions before Trump became president

mexxmoney:

Ignorance is bliss!! You know confirming information on things for yourself and not just gobbling down and believing everything you're told will not kill you
1. This is fake news or at best old news
2. The American government also shut down under Obama. In October 2013
3. The American government had shutdowns on 18 other different occasions before Trump became president

My point is that throughout Obama's tenure it happened once and this is twice under Trump