White House Blasts Dems For Possible 'Schumer Shutdown'
Mick Mulvaney
White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney opened a White House briefing by focusing blame in the faltering efforts to keep government funded by calling the potential shutdown "the Schumer shutdown" after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer  D-N.Y.  before charging that the Democratic Obama administration "weaponized the shutdown in 2013."
At issue is what to do with people who have benefitted from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA will expire March 5  and  Mulvaney  said Democrats are unnecessarily trying to ram a DACA fix into the short-term spending bill that will keep the government funded through Feb. 16.
"No reason you have to deal with DACA this week or before the … middle of February "  Mulvaney  said. "DACA doesn't expire until March 5. This is purely an attempt by the Senate Democrats led by [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — that's why we call it the Schumer shutdown — in order to try to get a shutdown that they think this president gets blamed for."
 Mulvaney  said  his  office has been working on contingency plans if the government is shut down.  He  said the military  Border Patrol  and firefighters dealing with wildfires in California will still work but won't be paid until the government reopens.
"Parks will be open this time and they weren't before "  Mulvaney  said  noting that third-party vendors who pick up trash  for example  won't be working.
White House Director of the Office of Management and [TGT] opened a White House briefing by focusing blame in the faltering efforts to keep government funded by calling the potential shutdown "the Schumer shutdown" after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer  D-N.Y.  before charging that the Democratic Obama administration "weaponized the shutdown in 2013."
At issue is what to do with people who have benefitted from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA will expire March 5  and  [TGT]said Democrats are unnecessarily trying to ram a DACA fix into the short-term spending bill that will keep the government funded through Feb. 16.
"No reason you have to deal with DACA this week or before the … middle of February [TGT]said. "DACA doesn't expire until March 5. This is purely an attempt by the Senate Democrats led by [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — that's why we call it the Schumer shutdown — in order to try to get a shutdown that they think this president gets blamed for."
 Mulvaney  said  his  office has been working on contingency plans if the government is shut down.  He  said the military  Border Patrol  and firefighters dealing with wildfires in California will still work but won't be paid until the government reopens.
"Parks will be open this time and they weren't before [TGT]said  noting that third-party vendors who pick up trash  for example  won't be working.