Update: They did it again.
Update: House GOP voted again to pay federal employees. This time just ten Democrats joined us: https://t.co/WkNAXfi4mj
Actions speak louder than words. https://t.co/aZwEzgIr8U
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) January 24, 2019
Original Story:
While most were drinking the mainstream media Kool-Aid that Republicans and President Trump are responsible for keeping paychecks out of the hands of federal employees affected by the government shutdown, a bill was brought to the House floor that would have paid them their first paycheck of 2019.
It failed. Despite six Democrats voting in favor of the bill, the Democratic majority shot it down, preventing their political pawns – the 800,000 people directly affected by the government shutdown – from getting paid.
Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) pointed it out and received a good amount of interactions on Twitter, but most in mainstream media refused to run this narrative-busting truth.
Big deal that never got reported:
Last week, House GOP voted to pay federal employees their 1st paycheck of 2019, despite shutdown. Only 6 Dems voted with us. It failed.
Dem priority is not paying workers or opening gov't. It is opposing Trump. https://t.co/i9TKGIjRnY
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) January 23, 2019
It’s crystal clear to anyone paying attention that their anti-wall rhetoric is driven by the good optics they’re getting from the press. If the people would stop being sheep and listen to that quiet voice of reason in the back of their minds, they’d realize two things:
- Democrats don’t oppose the wall. They oppose giving the President a win. They will keep the government shutdown going as long as possible and any attempts to help the people affected by it will be shot down.
- All of the false claims about the wall are politically motivated outside of the realm of common sense. The latest talking point, that the wall will be ineffective, is contradicted by every statistic that compares illegal immigration with or without a wall.
This is clear proof the Democrats have no desire to help the people if it means taking away their leverage on the President. Given the choice between paying federal employees or harming the President politically, they chose political expediency.
What else was in the bill, Dan?
A WALL maybe?
Dan does not realize that lying by omission is LYING.
Exactly! I’m ashamed of you, Mr. Crenshaw. Thank you for your service and your great sacrifice, but STOP LYING! This shutdown wouldn’t be happening in the first place if “donnie jackass” hadn’t decided to act like a bratty little child and hurt people for not giving him his way.
https://www.c-span.org/congress/bills/bill/?116/hr648
The new link Dan provided was for roll 48, which was a motion to recommit with instructions. Roll 49, a vote on actually passing the legislation was less than ten minutes later. It passed.
49 is the appropriations bill without the wall, which is why the Democrats passed it but Republicans didn’t vote for it. 48 was to pay those affected by the shutdown.
It is not the bill he links that was voted down. It was simply a procedural vote. The actual bill, H R 648 was passed! https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h49 NO Dems voted against it.
However, look at the Texas Reps on that page. You will see that Crenshaw is the 2nd one listed… and he voted against paying “federal employees their 1st paycheck of 2019!”
I found that too!
Crenshaw actually voted against the bill he said Dems voted against. My links above!
The page the link on this points to is here > http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll048.xml
This is a procedural vote called a motion to recommit. That is explain here > https://archives-democrats-rules.house.gov/…/recommit_mot.h…
The actual vote for that bill, H R 648 DID pass!!! here>
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2019/h49
Crenshaw, whose name can be found under the Texas Reps, 2nd down below Gohmert, voted AGAINST paying federal employees affected by the shutdown!!!