The government shutdown due to the partisan divide over DACA protections has rocked the political news world for three full days, with each side pointing fingers and assigning blame. With a president who cannot stick to an agreement and communicate what it is he can agree to without being immediately convinced to go back on his word by his racist hard right cronies like Stephen Miller and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AZ), reaching a deal seemed impossible.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who had reached an agreement with Trump weeks ago only to have it snatched back once the president was convinced to do so by his foreign policy adviser, announced an agreement to fund the government and continue working on immigration policy and extending protections to Dreamers under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program before the March deadline.
The Senate has reached a deal to pass a stopgap funding bill and end the three-day U.S. government shutdown, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says. https://t.co/U4u2sCZflk
— All Breaking News (@AllBRKNews) January 22, 2018
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They only have three weeks to screw around. Schumer is NOT trusting McConnell. He now has McConnell ON CAMERA Saying the BIPARTISAN bil will get to the floor. AND they have cut Trump out of the process. This gets Miller out of the Senate process.
— Miriam (@MiriamShulamit) January 22, 2018
A vote to reopen the government will be held now that the two parties have agreed to a temporary resolution.
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