Ben Shapiro
As the Republicans and
Democrats battle over a pending government shutdown, the great question becomes
who is to blame. Democrats claim Republicans are to blame — if they would just
pass a continuing resolution including a solution for DREAMers, all would be
well. Republicans claim Democrats are to blame — Democrats can’t expect
Republicans to just cave on their entire agenda to please Democrats. And both
blame President Trump for his vagueness on the entire situation.
Here’s the reality: Democrats
are to blame.
That’s because there is
literally nothing that Republicans could currently offer,
beyond a full-scale cave to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) [photo] demands, that would earn his support. And Democrats have openly stated that
even if Republicans had 51 votes, they would filibuster the continuing
resolution.
Allahpundit at HotAir has an excellent rundown of the situation:
First offer from
Republicans: Let’s fund the government and pass a DREAM amnesty, as
both sides want to do, and in return you give us some concessions on chain
migration and the wall. Republicans have no choice but to use DREAM as leverage
for those concessions despite their support for the policy because Democrats
are incredibly reluctantto tighten admission policies under
the best of circumstances. So how about a little something in return for DREAM,
in the name of compromise? Nope, says Schumer. Won’t do it. We’ll give you a
few billion in mad money for border improvements but we’re not doing anything
that might move the U.S. towards skills-based criteria for immigrants and away
from “bring the whole family!” policies.
Second offer from
Republicans: Okay, since we’re stuck on a DREAM deal, let’s table the
whole immigration issue for now and instead agree to fund the government and
extend CHIP long-term, as both sides want to do. We’ll come back to
DREAM afterwards when we’re not facing a hard deadline. Nope, says Schumer.
Won’t do it. The amnesty fanatics in my base refuse to let us sign on to any
funding deal that doesn’t include DREAM. Even though not only is DACA still in
effect, the feds are letting enrollees renew their enrollments.
Third offer from
Republicans: Okay, since Democrats are hung up on amnesty and worried
about voting for a bill that doesn’t include it, let’s temporarily change the
rules so that they don’t have to vote for the bill at all. Last night McConnell
asked for unanimous consent from the Senate to let Republicans pass a funding
bill with 50 votes instead of the 60 that the filibuster requires. It’s not at
all certain that he has even 50 votes right now, but he was willing to take
full responsibility for the bill’s passage via his caucus alone. If he found
the votes he needed, the government would stay open without any Democratic
assent to the DREAM-less bill. Nope, said Schumer. Won’t do it. He objected to the
motion for unanimous consent.McConnell still needs 60, all but ensuring
a shutdown.
All of this is more than a bit
ironic coming from a guy who said that a shutdown strategy was idiotic in order
to push for political wins.
So, how can Democrats emerge
with a victory here? Only by banking on two possibilities: first, the
possibility that Trump is so toxic that the public will blame him for things
that obviously aren’t his fault; second, the possibility that Trump wants to golf
so much this weekend that he simply signs off on a continuing resolution that
contains a cave on DACA. That’s always a possibility — Trump has been played by
Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before, as with the
budget negotiations late last year.
But if this shutdown fight
continues, it will be difficult for Democrats to continue a government shutdown
and stonewall funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program simply to get
a win on DACA, when they could easily negotiate the DACA matter separately from
the continuing resolution.
Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire, 20-1-2018
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