"Declaration of Emergency" incoming...
This is kinda where I was going with it..
Everyone gets paid + irs open for taxes + can make his SOTU saying he fixed everything...
But three weeks later when it closes down again, can claim everyone has enough money to last another month long shut shut down..
Hey everyone, look ever here now... Not at the Stone news today..
And in two months if it is still not going his way, then he will try the Emergency route.
Lols..
Trump Likely to Announce Deal to End Government Shutdown for Three Weeks
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Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, on Friday on Capitol Hill.CreditErin Schaff for The New York Times
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker
WASHINGTON — President Trump appeared poised to agree on Friday to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations proceed over how to secure the nation’s southern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed to force Democrats to give him billions of dollars for his long-promised wall.
The decision would pave the way for Congress to quickly pass spending bills that Mr. Trump will sign to restore normal operations at a series of federal agencies that have been shuttered for 35 days and begin paying again the 800,000 federal workers who have been furloughed or forced to work for free.
The announcement, expected about 1:30 p.m., would be a remarkable comedown for a president who made the wall his unwavering, nonnegotiable condition for reopening the government, although one official cautioned that Mr. Trump could change his mind.
But if Mr. Trump follows through on such a deal, he would be relenting as the effects of the shutdown rippled across the Northeast with air traffic slowing because of a shortage of air traffic controllers who called in sick rather than continue to report to work without pay.
With polls showing the president enduring most of the blame by the public, Republicans led by Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, pressured Mr. Trump to agree to the temporary cease-fire. Over the next three weeks, a committee representing both parties will negotiate a border security plan, but if it fails to reach a consensus, government agencies could close once again.
The announcement comes one day after two competing measures failed on the Senate floor, with a Democratic bill, which would have reopened the government with no strings attached, receiving more votes than the bill backed by Mr. Trump, which included protections for some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion for the president’s proposed border wall.
Mr. McConnell spent part of Friday morning talking to Mr. Trump about what kind of border security the president would accept — other than a wall — in exchange for a promise from Democrats that they would at least debate the wall in the Senate during the regular course of business, according to a senior Republican aide familiar with the talks.
This person said that Mr. McConnell’s goal was to pressure moderate Democrats, who had expressed openness to a physical barrier, to agree to one. If they did not, the person said, Republicans or Mr. Trump could shut down the government again — with much of the pressure caused by 800,000 federal workers who had gone with out pay somewhat alleviated.
On the Senate floor on Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators signed on to an amendment that would open the government for three weeks without conditions and with a commitment in good faith to negotiate a broader border security solution in that time.
“What we have put on the table is our reputation as legislations, that given three weeks, we’ll come up with a successful conclusion on the border security issue,” said Senator Benjamin Cardin, Democrat of Maryland.
Republican leaders tried to rally their members during a closed policy luncheon before Thursday’s votes. But even as Republicans prepared to support Mr. Trump’s plan, there were signs of mounting frustration over the tactics being used around the continued impasse and a lack of momentum toward a solution.
At one point during the lunch, Senator Ron Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, vented at Mr. McConnell for putting Republicans in the position of having to vote on two competing approaches to reopen the government — one Republican and one Democratic — without consulting Senate Republicans first.
”You put us in this position,” Mr. Johnson said, according to one of his aides. Another senior Republican aide familiar with the exchange said Mr. Johnson told Mr. McConnell it was “your fault.” Mr. McConnell, who had largely absented himself from negotiations to reopen the government until late last week, responded, “Are you suggesting I’m enjoying this?”
Details of the exchange were first reported by The Washington Post.
At another point, Mr. McConnell also signaled Vice President Mike Pence, who was present for the lunch, that Senate Republicans were generally not supportive of shutdowns.
“There is no education in the second kick of a mule,” he said, repeating a line he has used frequently, according to another person familiar with the exchange.
And other Republican senators made their own reservations about the continued shutdown clear. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska raised the crippling impact on the Coast Guard, for instance, this person said.
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