Cusack said this showdown underscores a “real problem” as the Senate breaks for two weeks for spring vacation.
said he doesn’t see an “easy compromise” as congressional Republicans continue to butt heads on how to end the partialand end its weekslong shutdown. The Senate passed a deal that excluded money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which wasLankford says Democrats made 'absurd' demand for no ICE presence at polls in DHS reformCusack said this showdown, and the Republican Party’s disagreement on how to resolve it, underscores a “real problem” as the Senate breaks for two weeks for spring vacation.
He added that the shutdown is in “uncharted waters”, so even though was criticizing , it was who controls the Senate floor,” Cusack said on C-Span’s. “They just have very different views of how to move forward, and I don’t see an easy compromise happening.” “The interesting element here is President Trump, because President Trump‘s White House reportedly signaled that they were OK with the Senate bill, but when Johnson contacted him and called the president, the president was saying, ‘OK, you don‘t want to pass that bill? That’s fine by me,’ and here we are,” Cusack said. Cusack added that this shutdown isn’t coming “at a good time” for Republicans, as Trump faces bad polling numbers, especially among independent voters. He said Republicans are facing a “tough election” inFor Democrats, Cusack said the party lost the prior shutdown battle last November, and Schumer received “a lot of heat” for his handling of it. However, the party is “fairly united” on the current shutdown fight.by the Trump administration as it seeks to deliver on affordability and the Iran conflict. However, “the momentum” is with the Democratic Party despite having an unclear agenda, though Cusack said a party doesn’t need one in a midterm election cycle and “just have to be the opposition party.”when asked about the Senate’s deal to reopen DHS, and said Thune “ignores” the SAVE America Act that Trump wants passed. He also voiced approval for TMZ for releasing pictures of lawmakers vacationing on spring recess, saying lawmakers need to “get back to work” as the shutdown continues.this shutdown fight. She added that Schumer isn’t feeling pressure to accept “what might be considered” by the Democratic base a bad deal.
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