In order to win a game of chicken — all that a prolonged government shutdown fight amounts to — it is imperative for both sides to diligently keep their troops in line. On Wednesday night, some chinks began to show in Republicans’ collective armor.
The Denver Post editorial board reported that Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) “intends to vote for a clean funding bill that would open the government with no increased border-security funding attached.” The Senate plans to vote later today on two measures — one Republican-backed plan which would reopen closed portions of the federal government with wall funding, and one Democrat-backed plan which would reopen closed portions of the federal government without wall funding. It is now clear how Gardner, the current Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, will vote.
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