{"id":16395,"date":"2018-02-08T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T13:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16395"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:59:00","slug":"nancy-pelosi-government-shutdown-gambit-shows-interests-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/02\/08\/nancy-pelosi-government-shutdown-gambit-shows-interests-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi Government Shutdown Gambit Shows Where her Interests Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"
Speaking at an event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last week, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi argued<\/a> it was the issue of government spending, not Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), that was increasing the chances of a government shutdown.<\/p>\n “If there never were one\u00a0Dreamer on the face of the Earth … we would still not have an agreement in the budget debate,” Pelosi said.<\/p>\n She went on to claim there would be no shutdown if Republicans would agree to \u201clift the domestic spending in the same proportion they’re lifting defense” spending included in a stopgap measure.<\/p>\n So when Republican leaders agreed to boost non-defense spending, her bluff was called. The House did approve a temporary spending bill to extend most agency funding until March 23 and promptly sent it to the Senate for consideration.<\/p>\n Prospects of another shutdown were dead, until Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) revived them, telling reporters spending bill without a DACA promise was tantamount to \u201ca complete betrayal.\u201d<\/p>\n Pelosi relented after Gutierrez and private opposition from other Congressional Hispanic Caucus members.<\/p>\n While conceding<\/a> “many Democratic priorities” were addressed but since the bill \u201cdoes nothing to advance bipartisan legislation to protect Dreamers\u201d she and the Democrats would not support it and risk a shutdown \u2013 which she had claimed would not happen.<\/p>\n