Shutdown, government funding drama before President Trump gives his first state of the union adroes january 30. Earlier that was hope, two new yorkers, President Trump and the Senate Democratic leader would be able to cut a deal. We had a long and detailed meeting. We discussed all of the major outstanding issues, we made some progress but we still have good number of disagreements. Discussions will continue. Red state democrats donnely, jones, heitkamp, manchin, mckas kell voted in favor of the fourweek extension. Dilemma for Republican Leaders four republicans voted against it. Flake, graham, lee, and rand paul of kentucky. Earlier the majority leader was clearly irritated with Senate Democrats. This is completely unfair and uncompassionate for my democratic colleagues to filibuster government funding, harm our troops, or jeopardize Health Coverage for 9 million children because extreme elements of their base want illegal immigration to crowd out every other priority. Most senators f
Senate and white house to make this as painless as they can for the public, thats going to factor in as well. People arent going to be showing up and being denied services in important places. Social security checks go out, all of those important things continue to happen. They arent fog to put the public face on it like we saw in 2013 when it was a more adversarial government. Bret they will go go out of their way. And while they have the majority in the senate, theyll say they dont control it. They dont have the 60 votes. You may hear the president weigh in on that. Earlier tonight, Sarah Sanders tweeted democrats cant shut down the booming trump economy. Are they now so desperate theyll shut down the government instead. You heard this from the president , he thinks the luck of the tax cuts is part of the reason you get into the shutdown. He may have a point if the shutdown goes for some time. For example, at the irs, almost 56 of irs employees would be sent home as nonessential. Now
To come up with some alternative plan to keep the government lights on for an extended period of time. Some republicans floated the alternative, threeweek funding extension on allow time for no, on a budget agreement. And the status of those young people got illegally by their parents. Also avoid more of a Government Shutdown, government funding drama before President Trump gives his first state of the union adroes january 30. Earlier that was hope, two new yorkers, President Trump and the Senate Democratic leader would be able to cut a deal. We had a long and detailed meeting. We discussed all of the major outstanding issues, we made some progress but we still have good number of disagreements. Discussions will continue. Red state democrats donnely, jones, heitkamp, manchin, mckas kell voted in favor of the fourweek extension. Dilemma for Republican Leaders four republicans voted against it. Flake, graham, lee, and rand paul of kentucky. Earlier the majority leader was clearly irritat
Chris that lead to a stunning resignation. I am shaken by the resignation of general mattis what it means for our country, for the message it sends to our troops. Chris well discuss the current state of the Trump Presidency with Incoming White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Well get perspective from a washington veteran, former secretary of defense leon panetta. And is President Trump opening himself up to a possible 2020 challenge . Well talk with ohios republican Governor John Kasich, a frequent trump critic. Plus well ask our sunday panel about new splits between the president and the gop on capitol hill. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. We are in to day two of a partial Government Shutdown with no end in sight but that is just part of a turbulent week in washington even by trump standards. The shutdowns main sticking point, funding for President Trumps border wall. The Financial Markets rattled by uncertainty over the shutdown, trade t
Chris that lead to a stunning resignation. I am shaken by the resignation of general mattis what it means for our country, for the message it sends to our troops. Chris well discuss the current state of the Trump Presidency with Incoming White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Well get perspective from a washington veteran, former secretary of defense leon panetta. And is President Trump opening himself up to a possible 2020 challenge . Well talk with ohios republican Governor John Kasich, a frequent trump critic. Plus well ask our sunday panel about new splits between the president and the gop on capitol hill. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. We are in to day two of a partial Government Shutdown with no end in sight but that is just part of a turbulent week in washington even by trump standards. The shutdowns main sticking point, funding for President Trumps border wall. The Financial Markets rattled by uncertainty over the shutdown, trade t