Page 376 - Schumer News Today

Even years. >> you can call it the schumer or pelosi or trump shutdown, doesnt make a difference to me because we want to do what is right and do it all at one time. >> nancy pelosi called building the wall immoral but house republicans, now in the minority, seem to think there is still a deal to be made. >> lindsay grandma stitching together a deal when he meets on border security and the project, and no temporary status for dreamers. >> in 12 hours the senior staff in the legislative side and ...

Had a session in the oval office in mid-december with schumer and pelosi which everybody sort of got locked in their positions, she was -- she had a lot of difficulty inside the democratic caucus, this happened early enough that she was able to solve the problem by saying no money for the wall ever and that sort of locked her in a position and now hard to get her out of it. she had to do that in order to assure that she didnt fight battle with democrats newly elected from trump districts concern...

All red, all democrats in districts one by rob begins will they be able to take the pressure as americans dont get their tax returns if the government shutdown and as government contractors and their district continue or start to complain about not being able to go to work, will they take the heat and not the white house is my advice but if youre looking for some -- the president ought to be in iowa and in oklahoma and in texas and in new york and in the congressional district putting pressure o...

Every step of the process is trump and his scatter shot approach to deal making. during the last meeting on wednesday, "the washington post" reported vice president pence leveled an accusation against schumer. trump said he wouldnt accept less than the $5.6 billion in wall funding approved by house republicans late last year, far more than the $2.5 billion pence was proposing. george conway put it this way. ah, yes. how many times have we seen this now? undercut and contradict your representativ...

And preferred the word strike, one of the people said. that, of course, would be the opposite of a strike, where workers choose to walk off the job. at any rate, the afteraction reports on the meeting didnt offer a lot of hope. >> we told the president we needed the government open. he resisted. in fact, he said hed keep the government closed for a very long period of time, months or even years. thats where we are. >> absolutely i said that. i dont think it will, but i am prepared. >> im very pr...

Yes, if we dont get what we want, one way or the other, whether its through you, through the military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. >> okay. fair enough. >> i will take the mantle. i will be the one to shut it down. im not going to blame you for it. >> that was president trump less than what month ago ready to own the shutdown. that was also before the shutdown actually happened. here is the president yesterday. >> are you still proud to own this shutdown? ...

He want a concrete wall, steel slat wall? its impossible to negotiate with him. lets not forget the hypocrisy right now happening on capitol hill. in one of the first acts of the new house democratic congress, they passed a bill to keep the government open, that is essentially the exact same bill that the senate passed on a unanimous vote on december 19th. and senator mcconnell, the majority leader, has said he will not take up the bill unless the president has indicated he will sign it. >> its ...

Also by jared kushner and mick mulvaney, the chief of staff at the white house. so there were congressional staffers there. while its not unusual for congressional staffers to play a key behind-the-scenes role and be part of negotiations between legislation between the house and senate that differs to try to hammer out a compromise that way, unusual to have such high-ranking officials sitting across the table from congressional staffers, in fact. speaker pelosi and leader schumer were not there....

Impeachment, according to people familiar with the meeting. mr. trump also told lawmakers he didnt like the word shutdown and preferred the word strike. one of the people said. that, of course, would be the opposite of a strike, where workers choose to walk off the job. at any rate, the afteraction reports on the meeting didnt offer a lot of hope. >> we told the president we needed the government open. he resisted. in fact, he said hed keep the government closed for a very long period of time, m...

Meeting, and kiersten nielsen, and mick mulvaney for a part of the time. the president is threatening to keep the government partially closed for months. and hes considering declares a national emergency. the shutdown stalemate now entering its third week with no signs that the leadership is any closer to an agreement. just the last hours again trying to blame the democrats, but hal yay jackson asked if he was still proud of shutting down the government. >> im very proud of doing what im doing. ...