Radio Recap: Congress to Vote to Avoid Shutdown

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Jordan Sekulow

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February 14, 2019

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National Security

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Just a day away from the February 15th deadline and another partial government shutdown looming, a vote on the new border security spending deal could be just hours away.

Today on the show we discussed the delivery of  the bipartisan security agreement, which we told you the committee had reportedly reached in principle, that is expected to be voted on today.

Just before midnight last night, the House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman filed the 1159-page appropriations package on the House floor. With the vote scheduled for later this afternoon, Congress, as well as the President, had less than 24 hours to review the final text.

It’s likely both sides of Congress will vote yes on the agreement today, to get it to the President’s desk, and hopefully avoid another government shutdown.

As for President Trump, while we told you yesterday his comments seem to indicate he was leaning towards signing the deal – even despite it containing only about a quarter of the $5 billion for the border wall –  he expressed caution until a full review of the final text.

"We're looking for landmines," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday. "A shutdown would be a terrible thing. I think a point was made with the last shutdown. People realized how bad the border is, how unsafe the border is and I think a lot of good points were made, but I don't want to see another one."

We also discussed Representative Omar, who we told you tweeted anti-Semitic comments last week and delivered a seemingly insincere apology, made news again, doubling-down on her anti-Semitism. This time she leveled personal attacks against U.S. envoy to Venezuela Elliot Abrams, who is of Jewish-American heritage. She questioned his integrity and credibility via a prepared statement that she seemed completely unfamiliar with, mispronouncing his name.  And when she finished her attack, Rep. Omar refused to let Abrams answer her accusations.

You can listen to the entire episode here.