Winners and losers from the overnight shutdown
Winners and losers from the overnight shutdownby wpjljron
Friday, February 9th, 2018.Winners and losers from the overnight shutdownIt was a government shutdown that nobody wanted. Except maybe Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulPentagon: War in Afghanistan will cost billion in 2018 Overnight Finance: Senators near two-year budget deal | Trump would ‘love to see a shutdown’ over immigration | Dow closes nearly 600 points higher after volatile day | Trade deficit at highest […]
It was a government shutdown that nobody wanted. Except maybe Rand Paul
Yet because congressional leaders cut a blockbuster budget deal so close to the funding deadline, all lawmakers, aides and reporters could do was watch as Paul, the GOP senator from Kentucky, repeatedly blocked efforts to speed up the vote in the upper chamber.