House Speaker Paul Ryan (Source)
In an attempt to prevent a government shutdown, House Republican leaders are attempting to pass a stopgap measure on Thursday. It is unclear whether the Republicans will be able to get this to pass on time with Donald Trump's confusing tweets possibly hindering their efforts. In an attempt to gain support from Democrats in the Senate, a sweetener deal to re-authorize CHIPS (Children's Health Insurance Program) for six years was included by House Speaker Paul Ryan. President Trump seemed to be against this idea, tweeting out this statement: "CHIP should be part of a long term solution, not a 30 Day, or short term, extension!". Despite this statement, congressional Republicans later stated that Trump was fully on board with their plan, making this tweet even more confusing. Furthermore, Trump's tweet is inaccurate, as the sweetener deal will extend CHIP for six years rather than the 30 days that Trump mentions. According to Ryan, the tweet was not "causing problems at all" and is confident that the deal will be passed.
As I predicted in my previous post, it looks like the Republicans are doing everything in their power to prevent a shutdown from occurring. With the Republicans being in control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, they will most likely be blamed for the shutdown. Despite the damage that Trump's tweet may cause, I agree with Ryan and think that a deal will successfully be passed. To quote Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, "there's not going to be a government shutdown. It's just not going to happen". If I'm wrong and a shutdown does happen, it will not be good for the Republicans at all.
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I love that photo so much. Paul Ryan looks like he is simply praying for the sweet release of death. As we generally see Trump doesn't seem to know what he is talking about. This is more or less par for the course (something Donald Trump would know a lot about anyway). Anyway a government shut down would be very, very bad for the Republicans (perhaps the source of Paul Ryan's exquisite pain?) because they have a majority in both houses of Congress, and have control of the presidency, so there is no real reason for them to fail. If they do they look stupid, and everyone sees it, the midterm elections are going to be even more horrible for them then they already are going to be. Good luck Speaker Ryan, you are going to need it if you fail to make a successful compromise.
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