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Politics : A Real American President: Donald Trump

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Brit Hume Calls Current Shutdown Longest and Most Pointless He’s Witnessed

...but, on the bright side

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The Congress is on track to surpass the record for the nation’s longest government shutdown Tuesday night after Senate Democrats repeatedly rejected a Republican proposal to restore funding. Even amid the 34-day impasse, the Senate has moved forward with confirming key nominees and approving measures related to national security and trade policy.

While the House has remained idle since mid-September, the Senate has used the shutdown period to clear a massive backlog of executive nominations. Early in October, senators approved more than 100 nominees in a single session under a new rule letting them confirm multiple appointments at once.
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