Senate Minority Whip Durbin on Shutdown and DACA Agreement
Just before a cloture vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 8, Minority Whip Dick Durb…
Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the gov… read more
Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the government until February 8, 2018, in exchange for a Republican promise that if an agreement on immigration wasn’t reached by that day, the Senate would immediately proceed to legislation on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Senator McConnell responded by thanking Senator Schumer and then criticized him for “a strategy to shutdown the government over the issue of illegal immigration.” close
Just before a cloture vote on a continuing resolution to fund the government through February 8, Minority Whip Dick Durb…
Senator Cardin (D-MD) said he and the people of Maryland were glad the shutdown would be ending. He also spoke about ext…
Speaking on the Senate floor, Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) said Democrats were responsible for the government shutdo…
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke at the start of day two of the government shutdown.