points, most of them any red blooded American could agree with. But we must remember every bit of our budget has some type of real impact for every voter represented by these politicians. Am confident nobody wants a government shutdown.
That being what it may, the budget itself is a YUGE negotiation and all sides must protect the interests of their constituents through this legislation or gained/lost leverage for future legislation to come. When Trump scrapped DACA and the republican congress allowed funding for CHIPs to be in jeopardy, Trump himself created this situation. In the grand scheme of negotiations, this round of legislation negotiation began with Trump reversing initiatives that BOTH parties already agreed to.
It would take NOTHING (no effort at all--no political capital at all) for Trump to sign off on DACA and include funding for CHIPS in a continuing resolution. This is such a benign point that both democrats and republicans agreed to a continuing resolution that include "putting back" what Trump had taken away. Only the most extreme right had a problem with this bipartisan legislation.
With a minor degree of leadership ability and one stroke of the pen, Trump has the ability to please both democrats and republicans and send CR legislation flying through congress like a super sonic jet.
Let's see just how long Trump is willing to continue IS government shutdown.
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Trump and the Republicans claim that Obama's executive order on DACA is unconstitutional. Based on that Trump rescinded it, while calling on Congress to legislate a remedy. He has claimed he is in favor of a solution to humanely address these young men and women, who were brought here by their parents, as children, and are here by no fault of their own, most of whom are service members, teachers, lawyers, businessmen and women, etc. There is a significant group in the House who want them deported. And, Mitch McConnell has promised the Democrats, during the last 2 continuing resolution budget negotiations that if they voted for those CR, he would allow bipartisan, addressing a DACA solution, to be discussed on the floor of the Senate, and be voted on. Like with his promise to Susan Collins, to get her vote on the Tax Cut bill, he broke his promise both times. So, the Democrats don't trust him, and believe that need to get whatever leverage they can, while they can, to get the Republicans to move on a solution. And, now there's no reason for them to trust Trump either. Though the deadline for DACA is March, these people are having their lives tremendously impacted by the uncertainty of their future. Regarding the charge that the Dems. are at fault for not funding the military. That is a very old trick Republicans play all the time. Claire Mccaskil has proposed a continuation of funding the Military, much like Obama did, previously, but the Republicans shot it down, in order to hold the military hostage. Bottom-line, the Reps. are in control of the White House, and the Congress, and still can't come up with a full fiscal year budget that they can agree on, let alone negotiate with Democrats to get passed. Many on both sides of the aisle are sick and tired of funding our government through continuing resolutions.
