Sentences with phrase «support of the government shutdown»

«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.

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As negotiators stumbled toward an end - of - the - week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering.

If either New York City - based lawmaker voted against the extender, that could mean a shutdown of state government — at least temporarily — unless one or more of the 30 Republicans supported it.

Cuomo has clarified in recent weeks his remarks that he would support a government shutdown over the issue, saying Democrats should leverage power through the threat of a shutdown by pushing for strong gun control laws, similar to how Republicans in Congress have staged similar protests over Planned Parenthood and spending issues.

U.S. Rep. John Katko said today he won't support any plans by the Republican - controlled House this week that would lead to a shutdown of the federal government.

Trump and GOP leaders enter their next big battle facing stubborn opposition in both parties that increases Republicans» worries that they will need more Democratic support than previously expected to avert a government shutdown by the end of April.

With Ruben Diaz apparently sticking to his threat to withhold support for the emergency spending bills that have been keeping the government in operation for the past two months while the legislature tries to craft an annual budget (Pedro Espada has seemingly backed down), the state is preparing for the possibility of its first - ever government shutdown.

Democrats are unlikely to support the cuts, and Republican defections raise the possibility of a congressional train wreck and a potential government shutdown when the 2018 budget year begins Oct. 1.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell agreed to hold a vote on the Dream Act as part of the negotiations that led to the end of the shutdown, but voters who support the Dreamers said by a margin of 53 - 43 percent that the government shutdown was not worth it.

-» [M] ost Federal government support for new basic research» stopped during the shutdown «due to furloughs of 98 percent of NSF employees, nearly three quarters of the NIH [National Institutes of Health], and two thirds of the CDC.»