What is really different this time is we have members of Congress actively promoting a shutdown. “I came into Congress during the last shutdown. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said of a shutdown. Lawmakers have just two weeks to find a way forward. Meanwhile, McCarthy faces threats for his ouster if he brings a short-term spending bill to the floor that doesn’t acquiesce to demands from his right flank.
#CAPITOL LOCKDOWN SERIES#
The Senate, which has bipartisan agreement on a series of spending bills passed out of committee, faced a procedural snag on the floor Thursday, and House Republicans are still struggling to find consensus among themselves on a defense spending bill and have turned their focus to trying to pass a short-term funding bill with just GOP votes. It’s a mistake to shut down the government. Don Bacon, who represents a swing district in Nebraska, said, “If I listen to what is going on, no, but I am going to keep the government open.
“What pathway doesn’t take us to a shutdown?”Īsked if he could prevent a shutdown at this point, Republican Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida.
That’s particularly true if the political dynamics at play between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the hardliners in his conference and the US Senate don’t change fast. “We are here to make sure that what happened in the presidential election doesn’t happen in Georgia, too.A chaotic week on Capitol Hill yielded no serious progress as Congress stares down a spending deadline at the end of the month with lawmakers acknowledging a government shutdown is not only possible at this point, but may soon be inevitable. “I’m from Georgia, and they stole our two Senate seats,” said Sheffield, who rolled into the city near 6 a.m. “From the wicked,” she said, those who want a socialist nation and those that sold the US to China - “D and R alike.” When asked who she and other protesters were taking the country back from, Sheffield fought back tears as answered. Decked out in Trump buttons and holding Trump flags attached to a fishing pole, she said she was in Washington “to take our country back.” Many, like Jan Sheffield, 55, a stay-at-home mom from Georgia, arrived on buses after riding through the night. One man simply shouted conspiracy theories as he made his way to the rally, calling Chief Justice Roberts “a pedophile” and “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.” He said he knew it was stolen because “you never see this kind of love pouring out for a president as you do for President Trump.”įly-by-night preachers preached from megaphones and portable, makeshift sound systems - speakers tethered to rolling carts and handi-movers - against socialism, communism and abortion, calling for people to support Trump and Jesus Christ. “We don’t want to lose our country,” said John Waynesboro, 50, a mill operator from Pennsylvania who walked near with friends from Pennsylvania and waved a bright yellow, “Don’t Tread on me” flag.
Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said National Guard troops would be deployed to quell the violence. He did not ask supporters to leave the building. President Trump, who just hours earlier addressed his supporters and claimed again the election had been stolen from him, said in a pair of tweets his supporters should “support our Capitol police” though few appeared to be heeding his remarks. Photos from the scene showed supporters had breached the Senate chamber, and at least one reached the dais where he shouted, “Trump won that election.”
Armed guards drew guns on some who arrived at the door of the House floor. Some members of Congress inside House chamber were told by police to put on gas masks after tear gas was dispersed in Capitol Rotunda after supporters breached the building. Speaking from Delaware, Biden said he was “genuinely shocked and saddened” that the US had “come to such a dark moment.” Capitol and Capitol Grounds immediately,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are calling on President Trump to demand that all protestors leave the U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement demanding Trump tell his supporters to leave. President-elect Joe Biden denounced the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol as Congress convened to confirm his Electoral College victory.Ī person was shot and in unknown condition.
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