Looks like the Dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill... "After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice"
Looks like the Dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill... "After House votes to avert government shutdown, Senate Democrats face 'stark' choice"
House Republicans passed a bill to fund the government through the end of September 2025. The measure now heads to the Senate, where Democrats face a "stark" choice.
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Looks like the dems are planning to pass the Republican spending bill
That's not what the article says. Only 1 dem voted in favor in the house out of 214. A number of senate dems have come out against the CR, and more keep going that way. Plus Rand Paul has also said he'll vote no. For some reason, republicans aren't using reconciliation (which would only need a strict majority for budget bills) so it goes to the filibuster which requires 60 votes and thus 7 flips without republican defections, 8 if you count Ran Paul's pledged defection
Call you senator if they haven't said what they plan to do, floods of calls will matter here a lot
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My guess is they're saving their reconciliation bill for something bigger than a continuing resolution. Congress as a whole is limited to just three a year, and only one of them can be about spending. Kicking the can down the road a couple months seems like a horribly inefficient use for reconciliation.
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Thank you very much for the correction and additional context
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Come on Dems, this is like the house speaker vote. It's up to them to pass it. Don't give in to their messaging. In fact, be better. Do your own messaging.
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Dems wouldn't dare stand in the way of fascism I suppose.
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Of course not. Putting up any resistance might upset their masters.
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Shut the removed down, they wanted that didnt they?
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As though there was ever any doubt.