Conventional Wisdom: The Shutdown Averted Edition

Conventional Wisdom: The shutdown averted edition

Featuring: John Thune, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Anna Paulina Luna, and Mike Johnson.

21 Democrats Buck Hakeem Jeffries To End Four-Day Government Shutdown

Nearly two dozen Democrats broke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to pass a sprawling funding package on Tuesday afternoon.

House Dems Threaten Shutdown to Defund Law Enforcement

Once again, House Democrats are asking their members to block funding to reopen the government, all because they want to defund law enforcement, protect criminal illegal immigrants, and put Americans at risk. Now they’re paying the price, with a fractured conference, public infighting, and backlash from their own base that they’re desperately appeasing. “House Democrats are resurrecting their deranged defund the police fantasy and holding the go…

Senate Dems Know How to De-ICE

After a couple of false starts, Senate Democrats seem to have figured out how to work a potential government shutdown. House Dems should go along. Last fall Democrats forced a 43-day partial shutdown. They did so over the price of health care. While they didn’t get the extension of Obamacare tax subsidies that they wanted, they succeeded in putting the issue front and center and assigning blame for massive premium increases where it belongs — wi…

House Democrats unsure on Schumer's deal to reopen government

Despite Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) support, House Democrats are undecided on whether to back legislation to end a partial government shutdown. The Washington Examiner confirmed that former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) urged their colleagues to vote for the funding bill, signifying that older Democrats in the caucus are taking a different approach.  “There was a diversity of perspectives abou…

Jeffries Says House Democrats Divided on Senate Funding Bill With 2-Week DHS Extension

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said House Democrats hold a “diversity of perspectives” on whether to support a Senate-passed funding bill that would restore funding for multiple agencies through September while extending Department of Homeland Security funding for two weeks. The bill, which passed the Senate Friday by a 71–29 vote, would provide full-year funding for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human S…