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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many Senators have already left town and are not planning on returning before the 3rd. Many Representatives have left town and, for those who are not in the next Congress, are likely not coming back, so the House will be short votes anyhow.

Either Trump signs this before he leaves for Mar-A-Lago, or else he will live with optics of his fun in the sun while the government is 'closed."[/quote]

Worse than that. Interior isn’t funded.  So all the Americans headed to federal parks for Christmas just had their plans cancelled.  Plus the Smithsonian, the national monuments, etc.   While Trump golfs and the secret service guards him, but does not get paid.  It does not get any more “let them eat cake” than that.

Remember the 2013 shutdown where the 90 year old WWII vets were not able to see the memorial?  Now imagine if on top of that, it was peak tourist season in lots of the national parks.  And Obama was in Hawaii golfing and ignoring the problem.  And was proudly calling it the obama shutdown. The blowback will be ugly. [/quote]

I thought the Rs were so mad about that they made some special rule that parks wouldn't be closed off during a shutdown.  It resulted in lots of damage to parks, since there were no Rangers keeping people in line.[/quote]

On the news this morning, they said parks would be open, but not staffed, the buildings closed, no restrooms/food concessions, etc.  So if you go, bring your own trail maps![/quote]

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