After 10 PM EST on Friday, The U.S. Senate rejected a deal that would fund the U.S. government for another month:
Only five Democrats voted to advance the bill — Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), who are all up for reelection this year in states carried by President Trump in 2016 election, and newly-elected Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.).
Republicans were also not united, as Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Jeff Flake (Ariz.) also voted against advancing the legislation. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is battling brain cancer, was absent.
The procedural vote remained open late Friday, though it needed 60 votes to pass and was well short of that number with 48 senators voting against it.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer continued to negotiate after the vote opened (archive), but no deal has been reached yet. As of midnight (5 minutes before this story went live), the government shutdown was in effect.
At Wikipedia: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Government shutdowns in the United States.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 20 2018, @09:49PM (3 children)
Wow, guess you haven't met too many religious people or more likely you're completely oblivious to their flaws. Likely a fish / fishbowl syndrome. There are many people who are good people and not religious, and they are able to find common ground with their community and be successful. I get your points and they aren't all wrong, but "believe in a harmless sky god"? Harmless is hardly the word I would use, untold amounts of suffering have come directly from the belief that the bible is literally the word of god.
But hell, I'm explaining reality to khallow, a fruitless exercise. You RWNJs just come here to circle jerk and upmod lame "libruhls baaad" posts.
(Score: 0, Troll) by khallow on Sunday January 21 2018, @03:47AM (2 children)
And I guess you're ignorant.
And I bet a fair number of them are religious, you just didn't know.
And that is relevant how? Because one can find a harmful religious belief, then religion is harmful? That's the fallacy of equating parts with the whole, which has been a problem since some AC started spouting stereotypes about religion in the first place.
It's only fruitless for those who choose not to learn.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Sunday January 21 2018, @07:34AM (1 child)
Khallow, you know that thing you do, the one we talked about? Yeah, you're doing it again. God will punish you for this act of hubris. And the lust in your heart. And the worship of Mammon, you did not think that would just slide by without being noticed? Get back on the right path, khallow. I recommend 5000 Hail Mary's, and 2450 Our Fathers, and a donation of $100 to the EFF. May Humanity have mercy on your soul.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 21 2018, @11:30AM