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Dec 2018

House conservatives: Bring on the border wall shutdown!

Jazz Shaw Dec 17, 2018 8:01 AM

He will “proudly” own the shutdown

Kennedy: Yeah, we’re gonna have a shutdown

Ed Morrissey Dec 12, 2018 12:01 PM

Trump: Obama gave $150B to Iran but I can’t have $5 for a wall?

Trump to Schumer: You’re darned right I’ll order the Code Red for border security!

Ed Morrissey Dec 11, 2018 1:31 PM

Colonel Jessup to the red emergency phone …

Trump: If Nancy won’t build the wall, the military will

Ed Morrissey Dec 11, 2018 8:41 AM

Leverage.

Nov 2018

Trump: Hey, who’s up for a government shutdown over the border wall?

Ed Morrissey Nov 28, 2018 10:01 AM

“Total winner”?

Shutdown showdown: Border-wall battle coming

Ed Morrissey Nov 26, 2018 10:01 AM

Swap the wall for Mueller?

Sep 2018

Shutdown ahead? Trump blasts bipartisan “ridiculous spending bill” over border-wall snub

Ed Morrissey Sep 20, 2018 5:21 PM

“REPUBLICANS MUST FINALLY GET TOUGH!”

Trump: “Most likely” won’t push border-wall funding before midterms

Ed Morrissey Sep 07, 2018 12:01 PM

“It is up to me …”

Jul 2018

How to lose a shutdown showdown

Jazz Shaw Jul 30, 2018 10:41 AM

Unlike trade wars, neither fun nor easy to win, at least for Republicans

GOP unsure if government shutdown happens, despite Trump tweet

Taylor Millard Jul 29, 2018 8:01 PM

Mixed signals

Feb 2018

Will the last fiscal conservative to commit seppuku please shut out the lights?

Jazz Shaw Feb 09, 2018 8:01 AM

Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce fiscal desolation

Under pressure on DACA, Nancy Pelosi launches a filibuster of sorts (Update: Pelosi sets a record)

John Sexton Feb 07, 2018 1:01 PM

“Pelosi has to answer to angry members of her base, and try to placate them…”

Coming up this week: More shutdown theater?

Ed Morrissey Feb 05, 2018 8:41 AM

Get ready for more political football.

Jan 2018

Whole lotta morphing going on: Dems abandon “Dreamers” in budget talks? Update: Kelly to Capitol Hill

Ed Morrissey Jan 25, 2018 8:41 AM

Trump: Path to citizenship?

“This place sucks”: Manchin warns Dems they could remain in the minority “the rest of your life”

Ed Morrissey Jan 24, 2018 4:01 PM

Nearly retired?

Hope and change: Dems telling billionaire “ix-nay on eachment-impay”

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2018 4:01 PM

Burning down the House.

WaPo: Liberal media on full blast over Chuck’s Buckle

Ed Morrissey Jan 23, 2018 2:01 PM

Perhaps both parties can learn a lesson.

High noon in the US Senate: Dems caving? Update: “You’ll hear a resounding ‘yes'”‘ Update: “Mixed polling” driving the cave; Update: Schumer caves; Update: Feinstein’s lament

Ed Morrissey Jan 22, 2018 11:41 AM

Swamp trust.

Sanders: Maybe Schumer needs some help grasping what the White House wants

Ed Morrissey Jan 22, 2018 10:01 AM

There’s always room for Jell-O.

Say, this shutdown could hurt the Democrats, says… the Washington Post?

Jazz Shaw Jan 22, 2018 8:01 AM

Come again?

Chuck Schumer in 2013: If Dems shut down the government over immigration that would be ‘a politics of idiocy’

John Sexton Jan 20, 2018 4:01 PM

“We’re not going to give in to this kind of brinksmanship…”

Welcome to Shutdown Saturday. And Sunday. And Monday…

Jazz Shaw Jan 20, 2018 8:31 AM

Blame game, waiting game… it’s all a game, isn’t it?

The Blame Game, Senate shutdown showdown edition

Ed Morrissey Jan 19, 2018 8:41 AM

Briar patch?

Democrats say they have votes to shut down the government (Update: House passes funding bill)

John Sexton Jan 18, 2018 6:03 PM

“Senate Democrats said they’re confident they have the votes to block the stop-gap spending bill that the House is taking up…”

GOP antes up their CHIPs in budget showdown

Ed Morrissey Jan 17, 2018 2:01 PM

History.

Bernie Sanders doesn’t want the GOP to shut down the government

Jazz Shaw Jan 09, 2018 9:21 AM

I thought the minority caused shutdowns?

Aug 2017

Welcome to the 2017 edition of shutdown theater

Jazz Shaw Aug 24, 2017 8:01 AM

My way or the highway

Jul 2017

A border wall government shutdown?

Jazz Shaw Jul 11, 2017 4:31 PM

Get ready for the blame game

Life’s a beach again for everyone in NJ as shutdown ends

Ed Morrissey Jul 05, 2017 9:21 AM

“Let’s be really clear: That’s our residence.”

Sunburn-gate: Christie shutdown gives him a private beach for a day; Update: Guadagno rips

Ed Morrissey Jul 03, 2017 9:01 AM

“Run for governor and then you can have the residence.”

May 2017

Trump: Hey, who’s up for a shutdown in September?

Ed Morrissey May 02, 2017 11:21 AM

Also: Get rid of the filibuster.

Apr 2017

White House commits to ObamaCare subsidies … for now; Update: Or not?

Ed Morrissey Apr 27, 2017 8:41 AM

Moot soon?

Shutdown countdown: Trump budging on wall?

Ed Morrissey Apr 25, 2017 8:41 AM

Dems doing a virtual budge too?

Democrats warn of government shutdown if Trump demands border wall funding

John Sexton Apr 24, 2017 3:01 PM

“…if the president stepped out of it, we could get a budget done by Friday.”

Mulvaney: If you want that spending bill, you’d better remember to pay for the wall

Jazz Shaw Apr 21, 2017 10:41 AM

I take it we’re putting Mexico down for a “maybe” on paying for it?

Beware: “Democratic radical left” provoking a government shutdown, warns …

Ed Morrissey Apr 18, 2017 5:31 PM

Expert.

Democrats’ appetite for a shutdown continues to grow

Jazz Shaw Apr 05, 2017 10:41 AM

The tale of two narratives continues

Government shutdowns: a tale of two media narratives

Jazz Shaw Apr 02, 2017 9:31 AM

Oh what a difference a few years make

Mar 2017

Don’t worry. If the Democrats shut down the government it will still be the GOP’s fault

Jazz Shaw Mar 14, 2017 12:31 PM

Flip a coin, but it always comes up the same way in the press

Feb 2017

Are Senate Dems planning a government shutdown?

Ed Morrissey Feb 06, 2017 4:31 PM

“The Senate is coming apart.”

Dec 2016

Senate Dems to shut down government — and ask Trump for support?

Ed Morrissey Dec 09, 2016 12:01 PM

Manchin v Manchin on shutdowns.

Dec 2015

Paul Ryan’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad omnibus bill

Jazz Shaw Dec 17, 2015 9:21 PM

The not so good, the bad and the downright ugly

Oct 2015

Video: House, Senate pass CR to avert government shutdown

Ed Morrissey Oct 01, 2015 9:21 AM

For now.

Sep 2015

Report: #DefundPlannedParenthood push in Congress could end Boehner’s time as Speaker

Taylor Millard Sep 24, 2015 4:41 PM

YAY! If done right, of course.