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Morning Round-up "Torpedoes Funding Bill" Edition

This morning, President Trump is gearing up to shut down the government over his costly, ineffective border wall that he knows cannot pass the Senate. A look at the headlines shows blame for this shutdown is going to land exactly where it belongs—with the man who said he would be “proud” to shut down the government for a “very long time” just ahead of Christmas.

Evening Round-up: "political malpractice" Edition

Instead of putting the Senate-passed CR on the Floor to prevent another Trump shutdown, Republican leaders are gearing up to put their CR/border wall funding bill on the Floor for a House vote. But there are some responsible Republicans out there who don’t agree with their leadership that they should shut down the government. Take a look:

Every House Republican votes to shut down the government…

Moments ago on the House Floor, Leader Pelosi offered a privileged resolution that would fund the remainder of government as well as extend a number of other critical programs through September 30, 2019.

#TBT: Trump Shutdown Edition

While we wait for House Republicans to meet with President Trump, here’s a reminder of who wants to shut down the government over a costly, ineffective border wall…

No, Virginia, there is no middle-class tax cut.

Remember when Republicans said their tax law was for the middle class? Here’s how that is holding up:

Morning Round-up: "Nightmare Scenario" Edition

Two days ago, President Trump said he would “have [border wall funding] passed in two seconds” in the House. But a look at this morning’s headlines shows that House Republican leaders don’t actually have the votes:

Who wants to tell him?

While we continue to wait and see if the President is going to take one of Democrats’ two compromise offers or shut down the government over his border wall, here’s a reminder for President Trump of how the American people feel about it:

He's proud to shut it down.

With 10 days left until the December 21 funding deadline, President Trump isn’t working across the aisle to keep government open. Instead, he’s declaring to the American people that he would be proud to shut it down if he doesn’t get his way:

Evening Round-up: "I'm proud to shut down the government" Edition

We all know President Trump loves to look at his own press coverage, but after declaring how proud he would be to shut down the government on national TV today, the headlines are pretty damning:

TL;DR: Corporation takes tax windfall, cuts workers.

Remember when Republicans claimed their tax scam would create jobs and raise wages? Well, that’s clearly not the case. Corporations saw enormous tax windfalls from the GOP tax scam, but rather than use that money to create jobs, they are cutting workers. And after Americans overwhelmingly rejected that tax scam in the last election, Republicans are responding to that defeat by doing what?

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