Trump raised the
possibility of a government shutdown ahead of a meeting with Democrats for a second consecutive week, even as tensions on Capitol Hill appeared to diminish after hard - line House conservatives backed off plans to oppose a short - term stopgap.
Austin Shafran, the Senate Democrats» baby - faced - yet - sharp - tongued spokesman, just issued a harshly - worded statement slamming Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos for saying he's willing to let his members continue voting «no» en masse on the budget extenders, raising the
specter of a government shutdown.
Owens said the most immediate and serious problems in the
wake of the government shutdown will occur at the district's largest military installation, Fort Drum.
As the possibility
of a government shutdown looms, fewer than one in three Americans view either party's U.S. Senate leader — Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Mitch McConnell — favorably, a Gallup poll finds.
Dozens of other loan programs — including the 504 Certified Development Loan Program, which is accessed by small - business owners for loans to buy large fixed assets and real estate — and many mentorship programs, including the SCORE system and Veteran's Business Development offices, would be shuttered in the
case of a government shutdown.
«So will uncertainty about who will be president in 2013; about tax rates and spending levels; about the threat
of another government shutdown over the debt ceiling; and about the risk of another sovereign rating downgrade should political gridlock continue to block a plan for medium - term fiscal consolidation.»
The fight may be in Washington, but the
effects of the government shutdown will ripple through every neighborhood in America — without a fully functioning government, an already tight mortgage market may become even more prohibitive.
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talk of a government shutdown in Washington
«This agreement is a good agreement for the American people, and takes the threat
of a government shutdown off the table,» said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who along with Rep. Nita Lowey (D - Westchester) sought reimbursement for the First Family's protection.
After some two
weeks of government shutdown, with Republican poll numbers crashing through the floor and with the GOP in danger of forfeiting its most significant win against the White House in the form of the McConnell - negotiated sequester spending cuts, the Kentuckian finally stepped in.
The possibility
of a government shutdown also loomed, though Warne said she believed it would have more impact on Wall Street's performance if an agreement was not reached by the end of Friday.
The «Squawk on the Street» news team reports on today's top business headlines, including the
likelihood of a government shutdown, President Trump's agenda and the French election.
Eight weeks ago or so I received a note from a good friend of mine, a stout fellow on the Left, who was already obsessing about the
prospects of the government shutdown and reading every article about it he could find.
Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement yesterday to fund the government through September, effectively ending any suspense about the possibility
of a government shutdown next weekend.
«The republicans play rugby, the democrats play tag» Another way of putting it would be that the Republicans are playing a
game of Government Shutdown Chicken and the reason they win is because their opponents care more about the survival of government than they do.
Wouldn't implementing a formal budget and getting
rid of government shutdowns and continuing resolutions be better solutions to the decay though?
Courts have interpreted state law to limit legislators» ability to change budget language, potentially giving the governor power to tie his reform proposals to a
dare of a government shutdown.
Trump's incendiary words about immigration have dampened the prospects that a broad spending and immigration deal can be reached by the end of the week, raising the possibility
of a government shutdown with unknown political consequences for lawmakers in both parties.
At 1:30 p.m., Rep. Claudia Tenney will host a press conference at the Central New York Veteran's Outreach Center in Utica, New York to donate her salary from the first
day of the government shutdown to the organization.
«Congressman Tom Reed has lately been trying to run away from the «Tea Party» label, but now he is showing his true colors with his full - throated
support of the government shutdown,» Robertson said in a statement emailed just before midnight, when a shutdown was apparent.
The fate of young undocumented immigrants was in doubt and the odds
of a government shutdown appeared to be growing in the wake of Trump's dismissal of «shithole countries» in Africa and his rejection of a bipartisan proposal to aid the «Dreamers.»
And Democratic sources on both sides of Capitol Hill said they expected the bill to pass just because many lawmakers can't stomach the
thought of another government shutdown over the issue of the Dreamers.
Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos dismissed the
idea of a government shutdown, or a budget that misses the March 31 deadline, when asked Thursday.
Cruz and his fellow Republican Senators sat down with the President today to discuss a way
out of the government shutdown that is now in it's eleventh day.