Here’s How Congress Can End The Shutdown As It Enters Its 10th Day
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Mon, 12/31/2018
As the partial government shutdown enters its 10th day – half as long as the longest shutdown ever, a divided Congress is still at an impasse with President Trump, who is demanding $5 billion for his southern border wall.
As Bloomberg’s Erik Wasson notes, there are three ways the shutdown can go: “Trump gives up the $5 billion he wants for the wall, Democrats give Trump his wall money, or both sides come up with a face-saving deal.”
And how would a face-saving deal look? Likely House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that the Democrat-majority house will pass legislation to fund affected federal agencies as soon as she assumes control on Jan. 3 – a plan which is not expected to contain any funding for the wall.
Senate Republicans have vowed not to vote on any bill that Trump opposes – however Moderate republicans may pressure Majority Leader mitch McConnell to put the House proposal on the floor for amendments. Congress – with the aid of moderate GOP, could back a bill to reopen the government and possibly override a Trump veto.
According to Bloomberg, here are some of the possible face-saving scenarios.
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