INTERVIEW – SUSAN FERRECHIO – chief congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner
- Trump says he won’t give State of the Union during shutdown after being disinvited by Pelosi
- Pelosi tells Trump: No State of the Union address in the House until government is reopened
- DEAD END FOR SHUTDOWN PROPOSALS? – Amid the fallout from the Pelosi-Trump squabble over the State of the Union address, the Senate on Thursday is expected to vote on competing bills to end the partial government shutdown … However, both are likely the fail because lawmakers are sharply divided on President Trump’s proposed border wall – meaning neither bill will likely attract the 60 votes needed to pass. The GOP bill is modeled after Trump’s proposal from last weekend, in which he offered Democrats a three-year extension of protections for 700,000 DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients, in exchange for the $5.7 billion he has been seeking for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats reject the funding for the wall outright. Their bill would re-open the government through Feb. 8, with no wall money, giving bargainers time to further negotiate.
