Mitch McConnell blocked a Democratic measure to pay troops during the shutdown but nobody told Pence

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On Sunday, during his shutdown-exempted trip to the Middle East, Vice President Mike Pence criticized Democrats for the partial government shutdown, telling U.S. service members they "shouldn't have to worry about getting paid" — which would happen if the shutdown lasts past Feb. 1 and Congress doesn't act. "Despite bipartisan support for a budget resolution, a minority in the Senate has decided to play politics with military pay," Pence said, explicitly telling NBC News that "it was the Democrat leadership and vast majority of Democrats in the Senate that decided to say no to government funding."

On CBS's Face the Nation on Sunday, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney noted that "traditionally every single time there's a shutdown, Congress has voted to go and pay [troops] retroactively, and we support that." On Saturday, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), one of five Senate Democrats who voted for the stopgap spending bill (five Republicans voted against it), proposed paying the troops now, as Congress did in 2013; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blocked the measure.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), an Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq in 2004, reminded Republicans later on Saturday that they had shot down the military pay measure, asked them to reconsider, and noted that President Trump was attacking Democrats on Twitter as "holding our Military hostage." "I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible," Duckworth said. "Sadly, this is something the current occupant of the Oval Office does not seem to care to do — and I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger."

http://theweek.com/speedreads/749987/mitch-mcconnell-blocked-democratic-measure-pay-troops-during-shutdown-but-nobody-told-mike-pence

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1. Pence knew

Pence is a liar.

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3. Of course he did.

He is a pissant with no integrity or decorum.

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9. Yep....

[underpants]

2. Tweet with the 1:29 video

Link to tweet

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5. That video was edited

McConnell gave his reason.
I'm not defending him by any means I just don't like "creatively" edited videos. That's what the other side does.

[underpants]

7. I see the full video with McConnell on your theweek link

Thanks. I just thought the tweet would be easier to copy and paste. I'll use the link you provided.

[underpants]

10. BTW - I posted the video on a Fox News FB post and it got flagged

as spam.

I posted the C-Span video and only the video. I guess Fox alerted on it.

[marlakay]

4. Im confused

Does that mean all military are not being paid right now?

[Caliman73]

6. No. Military is one of the last government services to be affected.

They are being paid now. Perhaps some non essential military services are not being paid, but funding to troops in active zones are being paid. Republicans are lying as usual. Democrats wanted to put in place a guarantee that if the shut down continues for longer than the deadlines where military services start to be affected, the troops will continue to get paid.

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8. The lying and hypocrisy are breathtaking.