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Thank you...Republicans? Wait what is happening
I highly recommend this 2-min video from Jeff Jackson (NC representative).
He posted it 6 days ago explaining that nothing major was going to come out of the budget passing because the point was never to actually pass it but to get air time yelling about wanting to pass it. He constantly exposes that the extreme right flank in congress is all theater for the public and acts completely different behind closed doors. I greatly appreciate this guy and recommend checking his stuff out beyond just this one video!
Yeah, I'm sad Jackson got redistricted out of his seat, but hopefully he will win his State Attorney General race and be well positioned to take a US senate position or maybe even run for governor down the line.
I’ve been following him since 2020 as an NC state representative for a different district because he gave no-nonsense updates about covid and then the Floyd protests.
I just want to clone him and have him in both the federal and state positions, lol. We need more people like him in government, not less.
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If the government shuts down right before the election it would be a bloodbath for Republicans. I'm sure turtle head took Johnson aside for a little come to Jesus meeting about how the world really works. They already tried a bullshit hail Mary that didn't work.
So they kick it out to December so that the House can theoretically create a clean budget for the next administration.
Pretty transparent to have the funding expire just after the election, gives republicans a few weeks to decide if they care about the deficit (Dem elected) or not (republican elected).
Nah, this was a concession both Democrats and Senate Republicans were asking for. They hope to have a full budget deal finished before a new administration so there's a clean slate for either incoming president
Well, you're more optimistic than I am. Hope you're right.
I see the logic in what you're saying.
But I've also seen some worry that if Trump loses (and he damn well better lose), when the CR expires about a month before Harris' inauguration, this possibly leads to government gridlock, thereby emboldening another January 6 attempt.
Personally I expect another J6 whether the government is funded or not, but I'd feel better about things if it was funded.
Honestly I just hope Biden mobilizes some divisions near and around the Capitol, they dont need to be deployed immediately hell that can harass the local McDonald's for all it matters they just need to be ready.
I read a comment a few weeks ago from someone that is from around that area. Between J6 and the inauguration, apparently a bunch of concrete barriers sprung up and there were military personnel stationed throughout checkpoints at the Capitol complex.
Biden is many things, but he and his cronies are not intentionally keeping security weak in hopes that a coup will happen, nor will he or the other two people that can activate them hesitate to deploy the National Guard.
J6 was not a generalized failure of government processes or a mistake from lack of planning. There are standing plans, materiel, and personnel in place. The state of the Capitol and its defenses were a choice — an intentional failure, to open the doors for a coup.
Yep. Someone orange should go to prison for that fucking shit.
If they win with enough margin there won't be gridlock
Y’all need to get a word in with your representatives that what’s needed is legislation preventing budget bills from containing anything other than budgets.
That would solve this problem real quick. It’s been sounding stupider and stupider using the budget meeting to force unpopular agendas down throats or else the government is held hostage.
I think it would fit the bill if budgeting was held up over allocations, one side wants more border spending, one side wants more educational spending, etc, that would make sense but “allow us to attach this whole other unrelated law to declare the sky is actually green(which also contains a tag along that I get to be emperor), or nobody gets paid” is just ridiculous.
Yes, but also: Everything the government does costs money because someone has to make sure it's being done. This stupid SAVE thing would have cost money to enforce and, therefore, it could be argued that it is related to the budget. That's not a a very good argument, but it's enough to slow down the process while they argue over it.
An excellent argument to be made when arguing about the
STop Unrelated Crap Killing budgets act.
STUCK(b) Act. See? Even has a cool acronym.
And if they take a few dozen sessions deliberating over it while the government keeps funding and running on previous bills, that’s OK. That’s the point. There should not be an easy path to leverage government’s ability function to force a vote in your favor, bypassing traditional debate, compromise, and processes.
Deep State! Deep State!! Teh StOrM!/1 hEr EmAiLz?!!!
HAHAHA I knew this would happen. Mike Johnson is USELESS!
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