Graham sees potential for deal to end shutdown

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico



By DAVID COHEN 12/30/2018 09:32 AM EST

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday on CNN a compromise on border security that “might save the day in the Senate” was possible in the Senate.

“At the end of the day, there’s a deal to be had,” he said to “State of the Union” host Dana Bush, adding, “We need to start talking again.“

Graham described the outlines of a potential deal that would exchange funding for a border wall, as sought by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, in exchange for protections for those known as Dreamers, those undocumented immigrants who have grown up in the U.S. after being brought here as young children. Those protections have been sought by Democrats on the Hill.

The battle over funding for a border wall, which the House approved but the Senate did not, has led to a partial government shutdown over the Christmas holidays, with no end in sight.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/graham-government-shutdown-1076882

[Iliyah]

1. I cannot stand the GOPs . . .

I wish Graham would STFU, seriously.

Nancy P knows what she is doing. Asswipe Graham is trying to beat her to the punch inorder to save what little decency the fucked Republicans has, if any exists anymore.

[marble falls]

2. Graham's going to wear himself out flipping back and forth like that. Personality disorder? ...

must have been born with a hinge instead of a spine.

[question everything]

26. Still hoping for the Justice post

so his opinions vary with the way he sees his chances.

[marble falls]

27. He blew it. People with principles do not need to check which way the wind prevails.

[watoos]

4. That proposal was already made.

Republicans rejected it. Did Dana mention that obvious fact to Lyndsey?

The Freedumb caucus isn't going to vote for that. Democrats should tell Lyndsey when he gets the Freedumb caucus to agree on the Dreamer deal to come back.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. quit negotiating with these fools . weve lost too much already. no wall. period

take the wall off the table .

[JDC]

6. Yesterday it was "my way or the highway" on Twitter

5 billion or nothing essentially. Today? ...Let's talk.

He is pure hot air

[FreepFryer]

7. No deal, you and your orange figurehead can't be trusted. Pelosi said as much.

Trump should endorse a specific proposal and stick to it... and anything we may have been prepared to settle has been taken off the table so we won’t be returning to those terms to help alleviate the pressure on the GOP.

The gloves are off, Comrade Lindsey.

[GeorgeGist]

8. Trump nixed last year.

[watoos]

10. Exactly,

Trump was offered 20 - 25 billion for his wall in return for Dreamers given a path to citizenship.

Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, and the Freedumb caucus rejected it.

[tblue37]

18. And John Kelly nixed it, too. nt

[turbinetree]

9. Hey Graham...................drive down to Mar a Lago and go golfing and ask how the

illegal immigrants got to work at that roach infested establishment, because if he did it at his golf place in New Jersey he did it in Mar a Lago, which is a crime...............asshole.....................and after watching the clip, did Bash have on a Democrat to rebut this assholes remarks......................he keeps forgetting that John Boehner and Paul Ryan and there elite team of out racist of shit were the ones that were blocking immigration reform, for the last ten years, the record of fact says so.................... so in essence Graham.....................Go Fuck Yourself ........................



November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.....................

[Freethinker65]

11. The deal Trump refused to sign???? Hahahaha

[LakeSuperiorView]

12. Little Lindsey, have you considered that any compromise would ban Russian or Chinese steel?

Kind of ruins the whole idea for your masters, doesn't it?

[PubliusEnigma]

13. There will be a Clean Bill on Jan 3. That's the deal, Lindsey.

[cstanleytech]

14. Here is the deal, Trump drops the wall idea and we pass the budget.

If you want to shift some DOD money to better patrols of the border with (unarmed) drones then thats fine but otherwise stop the bullshit of trying to shift the problems your Repugnant party has created in this country onto the backs of people coming here illegally.

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. I would throw away 5 Billion for a small piece of useless wall in return for a good DACA solution

and then I would never spend another cent on it. 5 Billion is a lot of money but a tiny fraction of what we waste on the military every year. I would make that trade on behalf of hundreds of thousands of young people whose life has been made miserable by Republican efforts to deport them after they grew up as Americans but for a piece of paper.

[Thekaspervote]

28. Out going rep Louis Gutierrez suggested this last week. He's right, but as has been mentioned

The repukes don’t want to deal ...at all

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. The Dreamers are not hostages. They are owed for the promises made. . . . nt

[pangaia]

17. Fuck You asshole..

You shit in your own bed, now sleep in it.

[ancianita]

19. GOP who flip Democratic proposals as if *they* are the first proposers know their forgetful base.

Sniveling cowards of the GOP are evil assholes who know their base are blacked out to Democrats, and blindly loyal to any idea their crooked party presents.

Like when a woman makes a proposal at a meeting, is ignored; then later a man makes the identical proposal to high acclaim. I bet these guys have climbed on and ridden on the backs of women all their lives.

DACA indeed. Ain't that some kill-two-birds-with-one-stone bullshit.

[padah513]

21. +1000

[droidamus2]

20. Let me guess

Let me guess the deal will be that the Democrat's vote for the funding for the wall and McConnell will guarantee a vote on the dreamer's in the futur.... Wait haven't the Democrats fallen for that one before. Hell no. Vote on funding the government and then have a vote on funding the wall with no amendments allowed just an up or down vote.

[SayItLoud]

22. No one trusts or should trust the F'n MORON in the Oral Office. nt

[Maxheader]

23. "We need to start talking again." ... Sure, your asking for 5 billion..

And pelosi is saying no..End of discussion..But we did talk...

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

24. Id be OK with Dems proposing a modest budget for security that does NOT involve building

ANY sort of grandiose monument to the pathological narcissist claiming to be president. Part of whats wrong with this silly "wall" idea is that we all know that among other things, it is a big pay-off to the cronies.

AND protect the dreamers. Hold out for both!

[paleotn]

25. The new House passes a continuing resolution with no wall as a first order of business.

Take it or shove it, Scarlet.

[DrToast]

29. Democrats should pass a bill that funds the wall...

...but also repeals the Trump tax cuts. Republicans will block it and, hopefully, it’ll expose to their base who they really work for.

[FreepFryer]

31. Oh, that's delicious. How about one that includes funding but preserves ACA coverage :) (n/t)

[FreepFryer]

30. Lindsay, that's not how negotiation works. What was once on the table does not stay on the table...

Trump rejected the proposal - and we are going to keep forcing him to reject them until he relents.

He's weak, and we are strong - we are speaking the language his base understands.

Hey racist Right - your boy hoodwinked you, and we're gonna take out the trash.

[Baltimike]

32. Holy fuck! They repeat this non starter over and over again as though it's a foregone conclusion...

Why are we amplifying this bullshit?

[sfwriter]

33. Are the votes there to override his veto next week?

We need about 20 Republicans in the Senate to open government and the Republicans to allow the vote of course. I think we can find enough Republicans in the house.