Thursday, January 25, 2018

‘Schumer Shutdown’ Shows McConnell Will Give Democrats Deals He Won’t Give Republicans

While not conceding on the substance of immigration legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made an important concession on process—one he has not made to conservatives.
While conventional wisdom over the past 18 or so hours, both at The Federalist and elsewhere, holds that Democrats “lost” the shutdown showdown, this contrarian takes the position of noted college football analyst Lee Corso: “Not so fast, my friend!”
While not conceding on the substance of immigration legislation, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made an important concession on process—one he has not made to conservatives. According to press reports, McConnell pledged that, if lawmakers cannot agree on an immigration package addressing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by February 8, the expiration date of the continuing resolution that passed Monday, he would begin a freewheeling and open debate on a stand-alone immigration measure—provided the federal government remains open.
Republican leaders argued that, as they intended to debate an immigration bill in short order regardless, the concession amounted to precious little. But did then-Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) agree to a freewheeling and open debate on repealing Obamacare following the 2013 shutdown? He did not. Then why did McConnell commit to bringing up an immigration bill while Democrats were—to use Schumer’s 2013 description—causing “governmental chaos” by failing to approve a temporary spending bill?
Read the rest from Christopher Jacobs HERE at The Federalist

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