Government Shutdown Begins

[Stuart G]

Source: CNN

CNN) — The federal government shut down for the second time in less than a month overnight as Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul prevented a two-year budget deal from passing Thursday.

Though a massive budget deal and government funding package still was expected to pass by morning, congressional negotiators were scrambling all day Thursday to lock in enough votes in the House, and that was before Paul, a Republican, made public his dissatisfaction with the deal, which would raise government spending, avert a government shutdown and lift the debt ceiling.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/08/politics/budget-vote-congress-shutdown/index.html?adkey=bn

[TomCADem]

1. Surprised It Is Rand Paul, Not Ted Cruz This Time...

...I guess every Republican Senator needs to have their own one man shutdown.

[onecaliberal]

2. In light of his tax cut vote, his stunt is a joke.

[LeftInTX]

3. Trump will blame the Democrats

[Cha]

4. Of course even though it's the ratfucker

Rand Paul.

[C Moon]

5. The GOP is a train wreck.

[BigmanPigman]

6. The Senate just passed the budget bill (almost 2 AM).

71-28 I think CNN just reported. Paul just stopped speaking in the House.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

7. The GOP Senate theme song: "Catch Us If You Can" by the Dave Clark Five

Opening line: "Here we go again / catch us if you can."

In the House, it's "Day Dream Believer" by the Monkees.