Or, basking in the afterglow of tax reform, did Republicans simply come to their senses and realize it wasn’t a good idea to mess with a government shutdown at Christmas? If Republicans managed to discombobulate their tax reform victory by stumbling into a government shutdown around the holidays, fine. Congressional Republicans reveled at the White House Wednesday afternoon after the House approved the final version of the tax bill. It was almost too much for House Republicans to swallow as they stared into the abyss of a holiday government shutdown. “We don’t want it on the CR (Continuing Resolution, which is shorthand for the spending bill).”Ryan remained trained on tax reform Thursday morning.

Source: Fox News December 22, 2017 13:24 UTC