On Thursday, Democrats revealed that they had the votes to shut down the government in the Senate, according to NBC News. Republicans, who have a Senate majority, are short of the votes necessary to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government thanks to the filibuster possibility held by Democrats; Democrats have stated their willingness to vote against such funding in order to leverage Republicans into passing a legislative version of President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive amnesty.
According to NBC Politics:
Democrats are still trying to blame Republicans for the imminent shutdown; House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated, “This is one of the only times ever there’s been a shutdown when one party controlled the House, the Senate, the White House.” But Republicans need 60 votes in the Senate to withstand a filibuster from Democrats, and that’s simply not going to happen. “This CR can’t get the job done,” Senate Minoirty Leader Chuck Schumer said. This despite the fact that the CR contains a 6-year extension for federal funding of the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
So, here we are: Democrats are holding up a continuing resolution in the Senate in order to bargain for de facto citizenship for illegal immigrants. And they’re openly bragging about it.
And the media are blaming Republicans.
Because of course they are.
When Republicans pass a continuing resolution Obama refuses to sign, and the government shuts down, that’s Republicans’ fault. When they try to pass a continuing resolution and Democrats prevent that passage, that’s Republicans’ fault. It’s almost as though for the media, no matter what happens. Republicans are at fault for failures to fund the government.